With General Manager Leo Havener absent, the Idyllwild Water District (IWD) directors’ monthly meeting finished up in about a half-hour Wednesday, July 20.A special meeting had been called for Tuesday, July 12, to discuss the wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) progress but was canceled because of illnesses.Instead, Director Peter Szabadi, at the July 20 meeting, told…

Repairs may take weeks and months Roads into Idyllwild were closed for the second time in six months. This isolation is the result of an atmospheric river overflowing onto Southern California. In late July and early August, the Cranston Fire caused the closure of highways 74 and 243. The latter was opened when the fire…

California Department of Parks and Recreation rescued six people in three separate incidents over the four-day holiday. On Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 26, State Parks completed two separate rescues. The first began about 12:30 p.m. when State Parks received a report of three hikers in distress without water on the Skyline Route leading from the valley…