



PHOTOS: Idyllwild School eighth-grade promotion
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Micah Hitchcock is all smiles as he and fellow students file out of the Idyllwild School gym after the eighth-grade promotion ceremony Wednesday evening.




CAL FIRE officials are cautiously optimistic today about the diminishing future of the Buck Fire. Most of today the fire laid down, according to the Public Information Officer Chief Rick Vogt, a Battalion Chief with San Marcos Fire. Both Vogt and Riverside Fire Chief John Hawkins were confident that the Buck Fire did not spread…
Two hit and run incidents took place on Hill roads last week. Both reports come from California Highway Patrol Public Information Officer Darren Meyer’s reading of the narrative from the responding CHP officer. One involved suspected driving under the influence and then fleeing the scene after causing injury to another motorist. It occurred at 11:20…
Long-term weather forecasting gets complicated The future may be uncertain, but the past was clearly visible at Thursday evening’s Mountain Disaster Preparedness meeting. Alex Tardy, warning coordination meteorologist at the National Weather Service’s San Diego office, described several recent weather events, such as the drought, the summer and winter temperatures, and rainfall, with superlatives —…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture-U.S. Forest Service announced its expansion of the Every Kid Outdoors program to include fifth graders. The program already gives fourth grade students and their family members “fee-free access to more than 2,000 sites on national forests and grasslands for the remainder of the 2020/21 school year.”Vouchers are available now through…
The Riverside County Code Enforcement office has said that the three marijuana (cannabis) dispensaries in Idyllwild agreed to close. “Site investigations [were conducted] at each of the three dispensaries operating in Idyllwild. Each of the business operators and the property owner were served with a Notice of Violation for the prohibited dispensary activity. A short…
Idyllwild FireThe Idyllwild Fire Protection District responded to these calls from Monday to Sunday, Nov. 29 to Dec. 5. • Nov. 29 — Public service assist, 7 p.m. Marantha Dr.• Nov. 29 — EMS call, provide advanced life support, 9:25 p.m. Maranatha Dr.• Nov. 30 — EMS call, provide ALS, 8:15 a.m. Maranatha Dr.• Nov….