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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

On Wednesday, Oct. 15, the Center for Biological Diversity and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced an agreement to litigation CBD had filed for protection of Southern California’s mountain yellow-legged frogs. The Fish and Wildlife Service has agreed to prepare a recovery plan for the endangered frogs by December 2018. Recovery plans are a…
Idyllwild FireIdyllwild Fire Protection District recently responded to the following calls.• Oct. 10 — Steam, vapor, fog or dust thought to be smoke, 9:20 a.m. Highway 243.• Oct. 10 — Walk-in medical aid, 11 a.m.• Oct. 10 — Medical aid, 1:08 p.m. Daryll Rd.• Oct. 11 — Medical aid, 5:26 a.m. S. Circle Dr.• Oct….
At 11:57 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 30, Cabazon Sheriff’s Station deputies were dispatched to a rescue call at Mt. San Jacinto Park in the wilderness, according to Riverside County Sheriff’s Sgt. Deirdre Vickers. “The reporting party advised a subject was located not breathing, and medical aid was being provided. “Rescue 9 attempted to reach the location…
Declines to approve spending requests Four of six action items on the Idyllwild Water District’s agenda involved approval of recommendations from the general manager to purchase or proceed with actions that would requires expenditures. This month, the board decided to limit its expenses and only approved one recommendation — a contract to clean and video…
“Our water demand dropped considerably from summer,” Fern Valley Water District General Manager Steve Erler told the directors at the Nov. 21 meeting. “This is relatively consistently normal for this time of year.” While the September and October usage of 6.7 million gallons was 700,000 gallons less than the July and August consumption, it was…
The Idyllwild Soroptimists are collecting food for the Idyllwild HELP Center. Food may be left at the Soroptimist “Hungry House” near the fireplace at the BBVA Bank. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., on March 3, the Soroptimists will have two more collection sites — Fairway and Village markets. This event is part of the…