
Valana Marcus, an eighth grader at Idyllwild School, was chosen student of the week for always doing her personal best.
Photo by Jay Pentrack
Student of the Week
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Valana Marcus, an eighth grader at Idyllwild School, was chosen student of the week for always doing her personal best.
Photo by Jay Pentrack
Winter is a time that tests the staying power of local businesses. Spring, summer and the holidays bring tourists who shop, eat and stay at Idyllwild businesses. Then winter comes to test business models and marketing practices. Sky Island Natural Foods closed recently, citing business fall-off after the holidays. Now, longtime Idyllwild eatery Arriba Mexican…
Idyllwild Community Center President Stephanie Yost reported recently that one of the seating tiers in the amphitheater is crumbling but the repair will be done after the Summer Concert Series.“The Amphitheater itself is fine, as is all of the work that ICC did during the 2020 COVID shutdown (i.e., adding 10 additional tiers, fixing up…
Candidates for local special districts could begin filing papers for candidacy this week. The first official day was Monday, May 4, for the Aug. 25 elections involving Fern Valley, Idyllwild and Pine Cove water districts, and Idyllwild Fire Protection District. The terms of three members of the IWD board expire this year. The other…
Caltrans will begin work on a $470,000 emergency project to rehabilitate and repave Highway 243 in Idyllwild, weather permitting. The project was awarded to SEMA Construction of San Diego. Crews will be working on Highway 243 from just south of North Circle Drive to just north of Pine Crest Avenue starting Monday, June 26. Hours…
On Friday, Aug. 22, a hearing on whether to combine the trial of Robert Pape and Cristin Smith for a triple homicide in Pinyon in 2006 was rescheduled for Monday, Sept. 15. In July, the prosecution submitted a request to consolidate the trials, but Pape’s defense objected. The District Attorney’s office recommended that the trials…
Thanksgiving eve and day brought strong Santa Ana Winds that stirred up the holiday throughout Southern California, and in Idyllwild, wreaking havoc to the banners hanging between the Red Kettle and the Fort, and driving tumbleweeds across Highway 74 in motorists’ paths through Garner Valley.Thanksgiving was not a good day to be outside, much less…