

Community Center pavilion reaches completion
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More progress can be seen on the construction of the pavilion at the Community Center site. Photo by J.P. Crumrine

Last year, the Idyllwild Community Presbyterian Church sponsored four informative and well-attended seminars dealing with dementia and Alzheimer’s. Starting on July 18, the series has been expanded to six sessions and will run from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays through Aug. 22. The programs are held at the church located at 54400 North Circle Drive…
A section of the Pacific Crest Trail and the South Ridge Trail, among other areas, reopened to the public on Saturday, Dec. 15, officials with San Bernardino National Forest announced Friday. The news came on the heels of changes with two fire-related forest orders. First, the recent order for the Cranston Fire Closure Area will…
On Feb. 23, the California Department of Parks and Recreation rescued two lost hikers in Mt. San Jacinto State Park. At about 4:30 p.m., State Parks received a phone call from two male hikers, ages 51 and 39, both from Indiana. The hikers said that they had taken the Palm Springs tram to Long Valley…
Lately there has been a bit of a dispute — in our Readers Write (letters to the editor) column — as to a certain “15,000 people” response given by Victor Sirkin at the Idyllwild Water District forum for directorship candidates this past Nov. 10. Sirkin has since been sworn in as a director of IWD….
Nearly 75 days since the start of fiscal year 2015, the U.S. Congress enacted legislation last weekend to fund the federal government through the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30, 2015. While the politics of immigration has disrupted funding for the Homeland Security Department, other agencies, including the U.S. Forest Service, now know…