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A traffic accident claimed the life of a person in the early morning hours of Friday, July 31. The accident occurred on Highway 74, near Scenic Drive in Piñyon, at about 2:45 a.m. A passenger vehicle left the road and landed about 40 feet below. Two passengers escaped, but Cal Fire confirmed one fatality. The…
The Hill has just passed through a very wet winter. One which has almost entirely eliminated drought conditions throughout the state. It is not too early to begin to think about what the atmospheric and oceanic environments will deliver in winter 2023-24. Last month, the National Weather Service’s (NWS) Climate Prediction Center stated, “… a…
On Tuesday, Aug. 26, the Idyllwild Fire Protection District approved its proposed responses to the latest grand jury report, with the official letter signed and mailed Tuesday, Sept. 2, according to Fire Chief Patrick Reitz. Commissioner Rhonda Andrewson voted against the 12-page response and did not sign it. She may send an independent response. The…
After a nearly four-hour budget workshop on Saturday, commission recognized the district’s perilous financial condition …
How it occurred is controversial Many locals know it as Lily Rock, but climbers prefer to call it Tahquitz Rock. It’s one of the more famous climbing sites in California and is where the Yosemite Decimal System for rating the degree of difficulty of rock climbs reportedly was first developed back in the 1950s. Tahquitz…
Idyllwild School sixth-graders Wilton Zuniga (left) and Jake Mabery were chosen by teacher George Companiott as students of the week for making huge efforts to be mature, on task and helpful historians in their social studies class as they study ancient Egypt. Their leap in maturity the past couple of weeks is to be celebrated….