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A large truck overturned on Highway 74 Wednesday, disrupting traffic for several hours.
These photos are courtesy of Wayne Clark.
A large truck overturned on Highway 74 Wednesday, disrupting traffic for several hours.
These photos are courtesy of Wayne Clark.
Scott Carlyle Condon, 42, of Mountain Center, was arrested on July 7 and also July 16 for receiving stolen property, for which he has been formally charged. The second arrest added felony charges for conspiracy to commit a felony and burglary in the second degree. Condon has pleaded not guilty and a preliminary hearing is…
Former board’s lawsuit dismissed On April 4, the Idyllwild Water District dismissed its litigation against current Director Steve Kunkle. “I’m relieved that it isn’t costing the taxpayers any more for a fruitless lawsuit,” said Kunkle. in July 2016, the previous board filed the case alleging Kunkle’s “negligence” created an environmental incident which the district had…
Removed from endangered and threatened status The Hidden Lake Bluecurls will officially be removed from the federal list of Endangered and Threatened Species on July 2. The U.S Fish and Wildlife Service has determined that the threats to the plant’s continued existence no longer exist or have been mitigated. The Bluecurl, whose whose official name…
American Medical Response and Cal Fire/Riverside County Firefighters are on scene of a snake bite victim on Bonita Vista Road in Garner Valley, an incident reported at 2:38 p.m. Wednesday. The victim, an elderly female, will be transported via ground ambulance to an area hospital for treatment of what appeared to be a rattlesnake bite.
Waste Management Inc.’s Eloisa Orozco, area communications manager for Southern California, confirmed today that significant progress has been made in eliminating the green waste pile at the Idyllwild Transfer Station. Without a scale at the Idyllwild Transfer schedule, Orozco said it was difficult to determine the tonnage on site at the beginning of June, but…
Cal Trans has started resurfacing Highway 74. Delays going to Hemet have occurred over the past several weeks. The first phase of the project, from Marshall Avenue to Hurkey Creek in Hemet, should be finished Friday, May 3. However the overall project will not be completed until the first week of June, according to Joy…