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Rotary Ann’s held their annual potluck luncheon to thank local Idyllwild service organizations on Wednesday at the Idyllwild Fire House. Several organizations attended, including the Fire Department, Mountain Disaster Preparedness, and the Woodies. Photo by Barbara Reese


The Idyllwild Fire Protection District has scheduled a discussion of its 2009-2010 audit at its Tuesday, Aug. 16 meeting. In advance of the meeting, IFPD has posted the audit and the accompanying correspondence from the auditors on its website. Commission President Pete Capparelli described the results as good. He was pleased with the report from…
UPDATE: At 6 p.m. all mandatory evacuations were lifted. Residents with identification were allowed to return to previously evacuated areas. Earlier this evening, Anza Electric Cooperative announced that power was restored to all homes affected by an outage caused by the fire. Officials are calling lightning the cause of a massive wild land fire…
Despite daffodils and lilacs blooming all over the Hill, some residents aren’t willing to let go of winter — at least when it comes to talk of recreational snow visitors. Marsha Kennedy is leading a group of grassroots volunteers, mostly residing in the area of Fern Valley Road which has been heavily impacted by off-Hill…
The Riverside County Regional Park and Open-Space District is recruiting a new park ranger for the Idyllwild Nature Center. The position is title Park Ranger I — Interpretive (Visitor Center) job #10426. This job description is posted on the County’s human resources website, www.rc-hr.com and is available in the “Careers/Job Descriptions” page. “This position will…
Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, April 8 to 14. Idyllwild • April 8 — Alarm call, 7:35 a.m., Jameson Rd. Handled by deputy. • April 8 — Alarm call, 6:07 p.m., Shady View Dr. Handled by deputy. • April 8 — Alarm call,…
Mark DeAntonio, 53, of Pine Cove, who was charged in June with negligently discharging a firearm, has had several hearings in January regarding his attorney’s request for a mental health diversion. Penal code sections 1001.35 and 1001.36 authorize this review, according to the public defender’s request. Two hearings were held in January and a third…