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Idyllwild Arts Academy held its graduation Saturday for the many talented students in the outside Holmes Amphitheater, under the parachutes in the trees. Photo by Careena Chase




A regional task force charged with stopping the spread of the Goldspotted oak borer across county lines and developing coordinated response plans is forming in Southern California …
Idyllwild Water District directors met with the consultant conducting the district’s rate study at a special meeting Feb. 14. Kim Boehler, associate director at NBS, described the proposed plan and steps they will take in order to present a draft report in the spring or early summer. The three major steps will be a financial…
Not only was this a rainy weekend, but snow fell and accumulated on the Hill. The U.S. Forest Service’s Keenwild Ranger Station in Mountain Center recorded 1.5 inches of rain from Friday through late Sunday night. Pine Cove also received 1.5 inches of rain and recorded a total of 1.5 inches of snow during this…
On May 19, the plaintiffs challenging Riverside County’s supervisorial maps submitted a request to the Superior Court to prohibit using the maps approved in December 2021 depicting the five county supervisor districts. These supervisorial districts were used for the 2022 elections. In the 2024 elections, voters will be selecting supervisors for the 1st, 2nd, and…
The Idyllwild Warming Center, located at the American Legion Post 800 at 54360 Marian View Drive, has an activation protocol different from those used by the Community Action Partnership with all its off-Hill warming center partners. CAP off-Hill activation protocol calls for opening warming centers are 40 degrees or below. On Friday, Dec. 9, 2016,…
In an effort to reduce plastic bag waste, promote recycling and make apositive contribution to planetary sustainability, Fairway Market hasdecided it will stop offering plastic bags at its checkout laneseffective Friday, April 12. Research shows the average “life span” of a plastic bag is 12 minutes,yet it takes over 1,000 years for one bag to…