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At right, our flag flies over Highway 234, in memory of the events of Sept. 11, 2001. Photo by J.P. Crumrine


The Pine Cove Water District budget for fiscal year 2014-15, which starts July 1, will be $800,000, which is $25,000 or 3 percent lower than the current-year budget. And the budget the directors adopted last week was about $11,000 lower than the preliminary budget presented at the May meeting. An uncertainty of whether Sprint would…
An Idyllwild man was killed in a solo-vehicle collision on the Fourth of July. Erik Gunnar Mortensen, 39, of Idyllwild, was driving his black 2019 Harley-Davidson bobber motorcycle on Highway 74, 140 feet east of mile post marker 49.5, near the Bee Canyon Truck Trailhead near Valle Vista. California Highway Patrol Officer Jeff Osteen said…
A single-vehicle driving-under-the-influence with passengers on Highway 243, a motorcycle crash on Highway 74 at the bottom of the Hill, and a single-vehicle crash on Highway 74 near Lake Hemet were the Hill incidents reported by the California Highway Patrol for the week beginning Wednesday, April 20. At 8:30 a.m. Friday, April 22, Jolene White,…
Race day, Saturday, June 10, Idyllwild at 7 a.m.: Runners and fitness walkers mill around seeking patches of sunlight. Temperatures are in the 40s, about to break 50 degrees. Brilliant light heralds a perfect day for the Idyllwild 5k/10k and Fitness Walk. Completing the picture is Dr. Chip Schelly on the microphone, doing his standup…
The Idyllwild voting precinct was the only Hill precinct where the majority of voters supported Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. In Pine Cove, Clinton did out poll Republican Donald Trump by one vote; however, with almost 40 votes cast for minor candidates, Clinton received only 45 percent of the votes there. Garner Valley voters overwhelmingly…
Forest Service and Cal Fire actively build and maintain them By JP Crumrine News Editor Fuel breaks were the principal topic at Saturday’s Pine Cove Property Owners Association. Pine Cove resident Woody Henderson showed a drone video of the fuel breaks around Idyllwild and Pine Cove. U.S Forest Service Battalion Chief Matt Ahearn and Cal…