Local attorney and physical therapist Bill Whitman had a brush with the dark side of geo-politics this month. He had scheduled a visit to a clinic in Ukraine, but history in the form of the Russian military intervened: “Things started to get hot and I started looking for alternatives and while on layover in Istanbul,…

Room full of opposition to increase The directors of the Idyllwild Water District eventually agreed to raise the water and sewer rates for their customers. The public-comment period, which opponents to the rate increases dominated, the public hearing on the proposed increases, and the agenda items to vote on each increase consumed nearly two-and-a-half hours…

The Idyllwild HELP Center was recently honored with a proclamation presented by the Riverside County Office on Aging for their assistance to senior members of the community.