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Mrs. Longbrook with her delighted kindergarten-1st grade class on the first day of school. Monday morning at Idyllwild School, Principal Matt Kraemer and teachers welcomed about 280 students, a growing enrollment. Photo by Careena Chase


Idyllwild students attending Hemet High School will no longer need a bus pass, thus saving their families about $520 annually for the pass. “Parents will no longer be required to pay fees to receive home to school transportation,” the district said in a press release. At its April 7 meeting, the Hemet Unified School District…
The Idyllwild Water District (IWD) Board of Directors voted for new rates last Wednesday following a third water rate study presentation in a special meeting. Bartle Wells Associates’ Michael DeGroot gave the final presentation before public review to the board in public session. For water rates, he provided statistics on an 8% increase in rates….
Riverside County Sheriff’s Department deputies responded to a call Wednesday night, Feb. 10 at the 53000 block of Country Club Drive in Idyllwild to find 50-year-old Adrian David Denava, of Idyllwild, deceased. The incident occurred about 10 p.m. The department said Denava “appeared to have been shot.” The suspect is Denava’s 24-year-old son Adrian Denava…
The lovely gardens at the Rustic Cabin (54380 N Circle Dr) have been selected as Idyllwild’s Garden of the Season. The Idyllwild Garden Club bestows this honor once a quarter to s business that goes that extra mile to beautify Idyllwild. Owners, Ken and Eva Gioeli, of Idyllwild Landscape Co. (951-961-4428) have created a lovely…
Since spring 2021, surface water has been flowing along Tollgate Road and down Lake Lane, pooling at the intersection of Lake and Meadow. Residents have said the water appeared after a neighbor, improving a carport, did some concrete work. The excavation appeared to have struck underground water creating an artesian spring. The water emerges on…