

IFPD marks Sept. 11 anniversary
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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


Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Reserve Deputy Barney Brause met with a large group of Fern Valley residents to discuss the Sheriff’s Neighborhood Watch Program. Brause is the department’s trainer for the Idyllwild and Pine Cove area. The Thursday, June 21, meeting was Brause’s first Watch meeting since being certified as trainer by Hemet Station Administrative…
At its Feb. 10 meeting, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors received a presentation on preparation for the June 2026 Primary Election and an update on the issues raised about the November 2025 Special Election. No actions were associated with this agenda item, it was simply a report to the Board. Riverside County Registrar of…...
The Idyllwild Property Owners association is currently inactive and will cease to exist after March 15 unless someone steps forward to manage it. In 2006, Trish Seaward took over the reins of IPOA so that members could get propane discounts from local propane suppliers. At that time, with propane prices high, suppliers were giving per-gallon discounts to member associations. “I volunteered so people could get a break on their propane,” said Seaward.
Lynette Short, CalFire Unit Forester, briefed on fuels reduction. CalFire’s main local effort this year will be the Redhill Vegetation Management Project. It is a 300-foot-wide shaded fuel break, starting in Pine Cove around the northwest, west and southwest sides. CalFire will treat dispersed plots extending down to the Nature Center. Over previous years, nearly…
Efforts began last week to help Idyllwild residents in case a person or pet is bitten by the notorious Southern Pacific rattlesnake. Kathy Keane, whose dog Lucky died from a bite this summer, organized the session which 10 people attended. “I don’t want anyone else, parent or dog owner, to go through what I did,”…
Eutiquio Ramirez, 48, of Indio, a well-regarded and longtime employee of Griner Construction in Idyllwild, died in a single-vehicle crash reported at 5:42 p.m. Friday, April 8. According to the California Highway Patrol report, Ramirez was driving his white Toyota T100 pickup truck east on Highway 74, when for unknown reasons he veered to the…