The Local Review Board for the Idyllwild Historic Preservation District toured the District before its September meeting. Guiding the board were Keith Herron, the County’s Historic Preservation Officer, and Casey Tibbet, a consultant with LSA consultants, who conducted the originally historic resource survey of Idyllwild. They felt it was very beneficial, according to Board member…

The Idyllwild Historic Preservation District Review Board announced a community meeting to acquaint property owners, especially those within the district, with what has been called “the single most important economic incentive program in California for the restoration and preservation of qualified historic buildings by private property owners.” The Mills Act, enacted in California in 1972,…

Despite daffodils and lilacs blooming all over the Hill, some residents aren’t willing to let go of winter — at least when it comes to talk of recreational snow visitors. Marsha Kennedy is leading a group of grassroots volunteers, mostly residing in the area of Fern Valley Road which has been heavily impacted by off-Hill…

On Tuesday, Aug. 23, Riverside County 3rd District Supervisor Chuck Washington asked his board of supervisors colleagues to approve the use of Community Improvement Funds to help several Idyllwild organizations — the Association of Idyllwild Realtors, Forest Folk and the Idyllwild Arts Foundation. The realtors received $3,000 for play equipment to be installed at the…

Idyllwild Water District directors, staff and company representatives spent most of Wednesday night’s meeting discussing a more than $5.7 million proposed project to upgrade IWD’s Wastewater Treatment Plant. The board is considering the project because “the WWTP has been in operation for 50 years and now exceeds its designed life,” according to General Manager Leo…