Kathy Sacher Wilson posted a resignation from County Service Area 36 Advisory Committee on Facebook. Posted on Monday, Jan. 2, the resignation is lengthy and can be read at www.facebook.com/idyllwild.speak?fref=ts. Wilson stated she had notified Riverside County 3rd District Supervisor Chuck Washington of her resignation one week ago but had not yet received a reply…

The County Service Area 38 Advisory Committee was advised last week to begin thinking about its parcel tax for the ambulance contract with Riverside County. Since the committee’s January meeting, the county Board of Supervisors has agreed to renegotiate its ambulance contract with American Medical Response. As part of the negotiations, 3rd District Supervisor Jeff…

  The Cranston Fire remains at 18,139 acres and 92 percent contained. The number of personnel on the fire has dropped down to 580. Highway 74 is closed from Hemet to Highway 74 at Lake View Drive (Lake Hemet Market) Highway 243 is closed from lower Saunders Meadow Road south to Highway 74. Residents, business…

The Idyllwild Business Roundtable (IBRT), formed in October 2008, is folding but will continue to promote tourism as a committee under the aegis of the Idyllwild Chamber of Commerce. One of IBRT’s most visible achievements, funding two Idyllwild promotional interstate billboards, has also come to an end. IBRT organizers cite a number of reasons including…