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During the Idyllwild Garden Club’s first meeting of the year Sophia Dean (left) and Pat Hughes, both master gardeners, shared information about the master gardener’s program and how you can become one. Photo by Careena Chase


At the adamant urging of Idyllwild Fire Chief Patrick Reitz last week, the district’s commission unanimously agreed to repeal all rules, regulations and policies adopted before Jan. 1, 2012. He and Commission President Jerry Buchanan emphasized that this resolution does not repeal any previous resolutions. “I can’t enforce what I don’t know about,” Reitz stressed….
10:56 A.M. UPDATE: The Mountain Fire did not destroy Mountain Center. At this time, we do not know if any structures in that area were affected. However, vegetation on both sides of Highway 243 were destroy.
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…
While the final vote counts have not been completed, the winners are known. The state legislative races were the latest to be determined. Before Thanksgiving, the Democratic candidates for both local State Assembly Districts conceded to their Republican opponents. Assembly District 36 First, on Monday, Nov. 18, Joey Acuna, the Democratic candidate for AD 36,…
Last week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration jointly published a proposed change to their regulations for implementing the Endangered Species Act. They are proposing to limit the definition of “taking” a threatened or endangered species to the language in the original law. Section 3(19) reads, “The term…