

No injuries on Marian View Dr. collision
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The airbags deployed after this Chevrolet Avalanche crashed into a tree Monday evening while traveling on Saunders Meadow near Marian View Dr. No one was injured in the solo traffic collision. With extensive front-end damage, the vehicle had to be towed to the Idyllwild Garage. Photo by Jenny Kirchner

The following was provided by Riverside County’s Assessor’s Office and Treasurer-Tax Collector’s Office. Victims of recent wildfires whose property was damaged or destroyed may be eligible for property tax relief in Riverside County. In response to the disasters, Assessor-Clerk-Recorder Larry Ward and Treasurer-Tax Collector Don Kent have teamed up to assist victims countywide. Taxpayers may…
Local Community Service Advisory Committees 36 (Idyllwild) and 38 (Pine Cove) will remain suspended indefinitely, according to Verne Lauritzen, Riverside County Third District Supervisor Jeff Stone’s chief of staff “The CSA committees are an extension of the supervisor’s office to the community,” Lauritzen stressed. “Some of the actions and maneuvering of the CSAs has not…
At the Aug. 3 Idyllwild Rotary Club meeting, President-elect Steve Espinosa presents a gift to Klaus Fechner, a missionary helping and living in Haiti, for being the Rotary’s guest speaker.
During the January Public Service Power Shutoffs, Southern California Edison encouraged customers to take advantage of their rebate programs. One program offers customers in high fire hazard areas up to $150 for the purchase of battery power packs, and $250 for generators. This reporter took them up on the offer and bought a 288-watt-hour battery…
On Saturday, a female hiker, who had injured her ankle in the area of Wellman’s Divide Trail, near Idyllwild, needed a helicopter to get off the mountain. About noon on Saturday, Feb. 11, Riverside County Sheriff’s Department was advised that the hiker required medical assistance and could not continue hiking. Two state park rangers from…
By Holly Parsons, aka DispatchCorrespondent For two hours Dispatch waited for Sunflower [trail name] at the base of Devils Slide that fateful night. She learned from lingering hikers that a group of Europeans were camped above and took solace that he was safe and too exhausted to descend despite his call for pick up earlier…