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Kindergarten teacher Rachel Welch has her new students engaged on their first day at Idyllwild School singing “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes.” Photo by Careena Chase

Longtime Idyllwild resident Grace Moore is this year’s Fourth of July Parade grand marshal. Idyllwild Rotary Club, parade organizer, made the announcement which came as a surprise to Moore who said she didn’t know why they would pick her. “It’s fantastic,” she said when reached by telephone in Oregon. “I was quite surprised.” Her long…
A power outage at 7:32 a.m. Christmas Eve, Saturday, that occurred when trees hit power lines, affected 631 customers in Idyllwild, according to Southern California Edison. Power was restored shortly after 6 p.m.
Many components of the federal budget affect life and lives on the Hill. These range from Social Security, and educational grants, to the Department of Agriculture’s San Jacinto District Ranger Station. One of the biggest and most important is funding for wildfire prevention and response. The Forest Service as well as Cal Fire and the…...
The 2024 Congressional Election ended only five months ago. Yet news about 2026 candidates for California’s Congressional District 41 seat (including all the Hill communities) was announced last week. Incumbent Congressman Ken Calvert said he has already raised $1.3 million for the 2026 race. In 2024, when he defeated Democrat Will Rollins for the second…
If the 7 a.m. voters at Town Hall are an indicator, the turnout in Idyllwild will be quite high this year. By 7:15 a.m., more than 15 people were in line to get their ballots, another four were already casting votes, and at least eight people had brought in completed mail ballots. Rebecca Spencer, Riverside…
The Mile High Radio Club is moving forward with implementing the agreement with the Idyllwild Fire Protection District to operate WNKI. Despite MHRC board member Jeff Smith’s concerns raised privately to President Bill Tell and publicly, members at the Jan. 8 meeting felt they had the talent to capably and prudently carry out their responsibilities…