
A large truck overturned on Highway 74 Wednesday, disrupting traffic for several hours.
These photos are courtesy of Wayne Clark.



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A large truck overturned on Highway 74 Wednesday, disrupting traffic for several hours.
These photos are courtesy of Wayne Clark.



Cal Fire/Riverside County Here are some of the calls Cal Fire/Riverside County responded to recently. • March 21 — Residential fire, 11:39 a.m., 52000 block of Hwy. 74, Mountain Center. Interior destroyed. • March 22 — Medical aid, 9:43 a.m. Lake Hemet Campground. • March 24 — Medical aid, 3:07 p.m. Lake Hemet Campground. •…
At 2:35 on Friday, Dec. 1, three pedestrians, two adults and a minor, were struck in the crosswalk in front of Idyllwild School. Two were on foot and one was on a bicycle. The California Highway Patrol verified the time but had no other information. Idyllwild Fire Department responded and transported one of the injured…
By Stephanie YostContributed As part of its annual governance, the Idyllwild Community Center (ICC) has recently made changes to its board of directors and officers. In December, two of its long-standing board members — Idyllwild resident Wendy Read and Pine Cove resident Barry Wallace — retired from the board. ICC is grateful to them both…
By Stephanie YostBoard PresidentIdyllwild Community Center For many years our Town Hall was managed and operated by the Idyllwild Chamber of Commerce for the benefit of the town. However, with the chamber’s dissolution, the property ownership reverted to the Johnson family, who were the original owners. On Aug. 16, the Johnson family sold the Town…
A 4.1-magnitude earthquake was felt in Idyllwild and other areas of the Hill about 7:45 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14. The quake was centered in the Yucaipa area and bounded by Beaumont and Moreno Valley. The shake was felt as far west as Long Beach and the Los Angeles coastal communities, east to Indio, south to…
Three collisions occurred on highways 74 and 243 over the last week and a half, according to California Highway Patrol Public Information Officer Matt Napier.On March 28 at 8:40 a.m., James Robert Phillips, 72 of Hemet, was driving his silver 1999 Honda Accord southbound on Highway 243 north of Saunders Meadow Road at approximately 30…