

Rotary donates $5,000 to Idyllwild School scholarship fund
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On behalf of the Idyllwild Rotary, Gary Glasheen presents a $5,000 check to Jayne Davis for the Idyllwild Scholarship fund. Photo by J.P. Crumrine

With recent rain across the southland, forest officials on the San Bernardino National Forest announced their intention to reduce fire restrictions effective Friday, Nov. 13. As a result of lowering the fire restrictions, visitors may have wood and charcoal fires in agency-provided campfire rings at campgrounds, picnic areas and yellow post sites. Recreational target shooting…
In March of this year, Dean Agnoletto was promoted to the rank of lieutenant and posted at Hemet Station. He replaced Lt. Geoff Raya, who had been promoted to captain and given the command of the Indio jail facility. Agnoletto’s police background is in special teams of all sorts — SWAT, homicide, gang task…
Editor’s note: The supervisor’s seat for Riverside County’s 3rd District will be on the ballot on Nov. 8. Incumbent Chuck Washington, who was appointed in March 2015 to complete the term of former Supervisor Jeff Stone, is seeking a full four-year term. Shellie Milne, Hemet City Council member, is challenging Washington. Both candidates have agreed…
Records available at the state-run Solid Waste Information System (SWIS) website confirm that the county’s Local Enforcement Agency (LEA) knows what many locals have noted: scavenging at the Idyllwild Transfer Station is a daily event, involving both well-equipped individuals with trucks who search the bins during operating hours and just after closing, and “transients” who…
Caltrans is alerting the public that the National Weather Service is predicting rain and snow in Southern California this weekend. Snow elevations will possibly drop to the 4,000-foot level, which will affect all mountain regions in Riverside and San Bernardino counties. Road conditions will be icy in areas affected by snow. Caltrans maintenance crews are…
Most of 2021’s last Fern Valley Water District (FVWD) board meeting was taken up discussing the proposed rain capture program Friday morning, Dec. 17.Before that discussion, President Richard Schnetzer mentioned that former Idyllwild Water District Director Dave Hunt was supposed to be at the meeting to discuss the cloud seeding project the Santa Ana River…