About 10:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 25, Joan Gormley, 79, was traveling about 30 mph east on Pine Crest Avenue near Alderwood Street when she lost control of her Subaru Forester, crashing head on into a tree. Idyllwild Fire Department transported Gormley to Eisenhower Medical Center after she complained of pain to her right-side rib area. Photo by Jenny KirchnerAccording to witnesses and parties involved, on Sunday, Oct. 27, a little after 6 p.m., Noah Reed, 20, of Banning, was riding his motorcycle north on Highway 243 traveling around 50 to 60 mph. Reed lost control of his bike, swiping the side of a Honda Pilot near mile marker 15. Responders closed Highway 243 in both directions. Mercy Air landed at Vista Point and airlifted Reed to Riverside Regional Medical Center with moderate to major injuries. The parties in the Honda Pilot were uninjured. Photo by Jenny Kirchner
Fire log
Hill fire stations responded to the following calls, Tuesday, Oct. 22, to Monday, Oct. 29:
Idyllwild Fire Department and Ambulance
Oct. 22 — Four medical aids, Idyllwild.
Oct. 23 — Medical aid, Idyllwild.
Oct. 23 — Medical aid, Anza.
Oct. 24 — Traffic collision with injuries, Idyllwild.
Oct. 24 — Three medical aids, Idyllwild.
Oct. 25 — Medical aid, Pine Cove.
Oct. 26 — Public service assist, Idyllwild.
Oct. 27 — False alarm or false call, Idyllwild.
Oct. 27 — Traffic collision with injuries, near Lake Fulmore.
The boulder, which has closed Highway 243 since Sunday night, is strongly resisting Caltran’s efforts to reduce it and remove it. The boulder has broken the special equipment Caltrans rented to break it up. The drill on the equipment 50,000-pound excavator equipped with a hydraulic breaker broke today. Calrans does not have an estimate of…
In the past week, two local women, Teri Danette Blackburn and Diane May Black, and one man, Steven Thomas Cook, pleaded guilty to felony charges in three separate cases. On Monday, June 27, Blackburn, a Pine Cove resident, pleaded guilty to one charge of caretaker embezzlement of an elder (Penal Code 368 (e)). Judge Jerry…
Last week, Riverside County’s Watershed Protection Agency distributed an email encouraging recipients to visit its website to learn more about several topics. One of the topics was titled “Enjoy A White Christmas in Riverside County.” This story had a photograph of two children being pulled on a sled in the snow. The first recommendation was…
Financial issues and decisions dominated the June meeting of the Pine Cove Water District last week. The matters ranged from the routine to completion, and one had to be deferred. The water rate increases approved in May were re-approved with language modifying and implementing when customer bills will be mailed, their due date and when…
The Idyllwild Water District (IWD) Board of Directors approved in a 4-1 vote to implement a pay grade and step schedule, and eliminate automatic 5% salary increase upon completion of certifications. General Manager Leo Havener wrote in the staff report that the “board of directors will consider approving general manager recommendation of a proposed pay…
The future of recreation in Idyllwild may rest with the San Jacinto Mountain Community Center board. While this group is in the midst of guiding the construction of an amphitheater and eventually a community center at Butterfield Commons on Strawberry Creek, managing the complete local recreation program also may become its responsibility as early as…
