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County of Riverside crew members were busy Tuesday morning removing the old playground equipment at Town Hall. The county has plans to replace the playground equipment. Photo by Grace Reed

The U. S. Small Business Administration is offering low-interest working capital federal disaster loans to small businesses economically impacted by the Mountain Fire that occurred July 15 to July 30, 2013, SBA Administrator Karen G. Mills said today. SBA acted under its own authority to declare a disaster in response to a request SBA received…
At last Wednesday’s finance committee meeting, Idyllwild Fire Capt. Mark LaMont described the budget preparation process and how different assumptions affect the budget request. In her introduction of LaMont, committee chair and Commissioner Nancy Layton said, “He is in the thick of it; officer development and the most cognizant of pay and payroll issues.” Beginning…
In February 2014, when Tom Lynch was hired to be general manager of Idyllwild Water District, he was required by the district to obtain a California Water Treatment Grade II Operator Certificate (“T2” certification) from the State Water Resources Control Board within six months as a condition of his employment. This was one of several…
Doug Yagaloff, 54, of Palm Springs and former Idyllwild resident, died Wednesday morning, Nov. 13, from kidney cancer. During his time in Idyllwild, Doug was very active in the business community. One of his goals was to expand efforts to attract visitors to the Hill. He was instrumental in creating the Idyllwild Business Roundtable in…
Idyllwild Fire Department is hosting a blood drive this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the station.
Rain returned to the Hill Sunday, Jan. 31, and all of the weather stations on the Hill have recorded more rain through midnight Sunday than the historic average through the end of January. In this latest storm, Pine Cove recorded 1.62 inches of rain for a total of 18.78 inches, which is nearly 4.5 more…