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Photo by J.P. Crumrine





The Idyllwild Water District board set a public hearing on the proposed sewer rate increase for Sept. 10. This will be a busy end of summer for the board since the public hearing on the water program increase will be Aug. 20, only three weeks earlier. During discussion of the date for the sewer rate…
Emergencies are usually an event or incident to which first responders go to a specific location or area. County Emergency Management officials have warned Hill residents of the possibility of flooding and debris flow from heavy rains ever since the Cranston Fire was contained. Unfortunately, where and when are unknowns. Unfortunately, until the rain starts…
This is a pictorial saga of Highway 243 from just before the entrance to Idyllwild to approximately 13 miles north of Idyllwild. These photographs show the damage to the highway until the highway abruptly ends. Before Idyllwild As one passes lower Saunders Meadow Drive driving north into Idyllwild, the southbound lane is closed….
Last month, Steven Taylor Rutherford, 49, of Banning, pleaded guilty to 10 felony counts of arson. On Friday, Sept. 5, Riverside County Superior Court Judge Becky Dugan sentenced him to 45 years in prison. Rutherford was initially charged with 13 counts, but three counts were dismissed as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors. “Serial…
On Wednesday evening, July 20, more than 30 people returned to Idyllwild School to discuss the community’s capability for tolerance and actions to further it. This session identified three actions that will be discussed further at the next meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 10. Two are specific steps that people could begin to implement and the…
By U.S. Forest ServiceContributed U.S. Forest Service-San Bernardino National Forest is enacting additional fire restrictions to protect the health and safety of employees and communities, effective immediately and until further notice: • While operating an internal combustion engine, such as a generator, that engine must not leave a paved, dirt or gravel Forest Service System…