Inclement weather continues through the second week of 2019. While some snow fell at higher elevations last week, Saturday brought some brief and light snowfall to Idyllwild. Total precipitation through Sunday was not heavy, but more rain and possibly snow were forecast for Monday evening. Two more warmer rainstorms were forecast for the middle to…

Caltrans maintenance crews will be making repairs to damaged pavement on Highway 79 between Horizon View Street and Pauba Road, both in Temecula. The work will take place from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 3, and Thursday, April 4, with flagging in both directions.  Motorists are advised that delays could be lengthy. Detours are…

Financial issues dominated the agenda of the June 23 Idyllwild Fire Protection District meeting, as the commission began preparing for the coming fiscal year. The budget for fiscal year 2015-16 was adopted unanimously, 4-0. President Jerry Buchanan was absent. The preliminary budget was identical to the draft presented at the May meeting, according to Fire…

Robert (Bob) Muir lived in Idyllwild for nearly half a century and he wasn’t born here. In today’s peripatetic world, that feat alone deserves recognition …