

Vehicle overturns on Hwy. 243
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Idyllwild Fire Protection Department personnel and Idyllwild Volunteer Company 621 responded to a report of a single vehicle that overturned around 7:55 a.m. on Thursday morning on Hwy. 243 just before Marion View Drive. The occupant was transported to a nearby hospital with minor injuries. The cause of the crash is under investigation. Photo by Jenny Kirchner

Idyllwild’s walking library, Marge Muir, was taken to Eisenhower Medical Center last night and is awaiting possible surgery on a broken left hip. Her daughter, Kathy Muir, who lives with Marge in Pine Cove, said her mother was sitting in the living room at about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, when some large raccoons came up on…
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State Sen. Bill Emmerson moderates a forum with the two incumbents and four challengers vying for two commission seats on the Idyllwild FIre Protection District Board …
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