Bill and Gillien Gianakos celebrated their second wedding anniversary (Sept. 10) )in Thailand. They carried their trusty Town Criers wherever went. Nothing shouts out Thailand more than the Buddhas at the Grand Palace, in Bangkok, taken the first day there, followed 12 days later in Chaing Mai at the Elephant Nature Park right after the…

Despite some dissension, the Mile High Radio Club last Thursday approved the agreement for operating local emergency radio station WNKI (1610 AM) that the Idyllwild Fire Protection District commission approved at its November meeting. The approval is the culmination of a two-year process of negotiations between the club and IFPD. After the meeting, MHRC President…

We hope to bring extra fun to each school holiday break. This year we had a “What do you want to be when you grow up?” theme. Monday started off with Todd Hoggan, a wildlife biologist. He brought with him several different animals to share.

The Riverside County Board of Supervisors has approved some major changes to its Ordinance 927.2, “Regulating Short Term Rentals” (STRs). Some of those changes include caps or limits on the number of STRs in Idyllwild (and Pine Cove) and the Wine Country. Also, there will be a minimum distance required between future new STRs. The…

“There are so many Jews up here in Idyllwild, we should get together and say some prayers,” Trudy Levy remembers saying more than a year ago.