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Andy Smith, U.S. Forest Service natural resource manager, presents Steve Schwitters, Jana Desrocher and Tom Clem with an award for keeping the trails of the San Jacinto Mountains clear. Photo by Barbara Reese


According to witnesses and the California Highway Patrol website incident information, Ryan Nick Smith, 24 of Pine Cove, was involved in a solo traffic collision in his black 2004 Suzuki at approximately 2:20 a.m. Wednesday morning, Nov. 1 on North Circle Drive near intersection with River Dr. Smith was transported with injuries to Desert Regional…
Almost a month after the Fern Valley Water District (FVWD) board passed its FY 2020/21 budget — which included the up to $60,000 expenditure for a new vehicle equipped with safety lights and radio for newly appointed Assistant General Manager Jessica Priefer when out in the field — the board pushed back on the allocation….
There were three collisions (including the photo at right) on local roads over the last two weeks, according to California Highway Patrol Public Information Officer Matt Napier. On July 21 at 1:05 a.m., Ron Martin Moore, 27 of Idyllwild, was driving his red 2004 Jeep Wrangler eastbound on Double View Drive near Inspiration Point at…
The U.S. Forest Service arrested a man near the site of the Cranston Fire on the day of the fire, Tuesday, April 7. U.S. Forest Service Public Information Officer John Miller confirmed the arrest. Miller said the suspect was arrested for charges unrelated to the fire. Miller said it is U.S. Department of Agriculture policy…
Monitoring of underground leakage of petroleum products is continuing near and around the Chevron Station in Idyllwild. RM Environmental Inc. of Calimesa continues to monitor the site semi-annually for the presence of various hydrocarbons. The latest results, reported last month from samples taken in December, detected total petroleum hydrocarbons and methyl-tertiary-butyl ether on the site…