

Sheriff discusses when to call 9-1-1
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The Pine Cove Property Owners Association invited Sgt. Jim Wilson, from the Hemet Sheriff’s station, to the meeting last Saturday. He discussed when to call 911 and when to call dispatch. He described the Neighborhood Watch program, how to set it up and what that means. One point he made was to know your neighbors and communicate with each other. The meeting was held at the Pine Cove Fire Station 23. Photo by Barbara Reese

From Wednesday, Feb. 17, through Tuesday, Feb. 23, there were two crashes on Hill roads. At 1:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 19, Deputy Robert Miller, Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, was driving a department Ford Expedition north on Forbes Ranch Road, a half-mile north of Highway 74, when he stopped in a dirt pullover on the west…
from CHP The California Highway Patrol is reporting that Highway 74 west of Cahuilla Way is closed to to a big rig and road hazard. The closure came at 12:37 p.m. Monday.
One traffic incident occurred on Hill roads over the last week. On Saturday, Feb. 11, an unknown vehicle struck a parked 2016 Ford Escape, copper in color, parked 300 feet south of North Circle Drive on Cedar Street, according to the California Highway Patrol. The time of the crash was not documented because the vehicle…
The Idyllwild Water District (IWD) Board of Directors held a specialsession Tuesday, April 2. The two items on the agenda were discussion ofthe status of the wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) project, andexposure to litigation, the latter a closed session conference withlegal counsel. During public comments, ratepayer David Hunt spoke to “publicly commendthe interim GM [general…
By Stephanie Yost, Idyllwild Community Center board presidentContributed Beginning Sunday, Jan. 12, Town Hall will be temporarily closed so that the refurbishment of the building can be completed. Presuming the weather cooperates, the target completion date for this work is the first week of March. This means there will be no Farmers Market Sunday, Jan….
In our Thursday, Oct. 15 edition, we reported that property tax bills mailed to Idyllwild residents of County Service Area 36 contained a significant error — a billing for $35 for streetlights in CSA 27 which is in Cherry Valley. That error had come to our attention on Friday, Oct. 9. We began contacting county…