Last week, the State Department of Education released the results of the 2023-24 Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments for English and mathematics. Students at Idyllwild School performed better overall than the statewide results and the County and the Hemet Unified School District results. In English, overall, 55.6% of the Idyllwild School students (grades 3 through 8)…

The Friends of the Idyllwild Library will hold a Labor Day weekend sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 3, and Sunday, Sept. 4, on the library deck at 54185 Pine Crest Avenue. This will be the last sale of the year. There will be many books available, and very reasonably priced collectible…

The 300 acre Rosa Fire, near the Santa Rosa Indian Reservation, closed Highway 74 Monday afternoon, August 4. Two zones to the east, including Ribbonwood, were under evacuation orders, and the next two under warnings. By 4:30 p.m. the Cal Fire website showed 150 firefighter, 27 engines, 3 dozers, 4 water tenders and 4 hand…

The Riverside County Board of Supervisors appointed two new members to the County Service Area 36 Advisory Committee at its Tuesday, March 21 meeting — Mark Garrett and Ted Janka. Both are relatively new to the Hill and are profiled here so CSA 36 district residents can get to know them. Garrett is pastor of…