

Halloween on the hill
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Pleased and concerned over new IWD GM Dear editor:I was very pleased to read that the Idyllwild Water District (IWD) interim general manager (GM) talked about the importance of teamwork and team-building. I truly hope that means working with our current IWD team and not trying to solve problems by hiring and firing. It is…
Johns Hopkins University, which has been tracking Covid daily since the beginning, reports that the U.S. is now experiencing 700,000-plus new COVID cases daily, owing to the Omicron variant. The current coronavirus surge hit Idyllwild last week, temporarily shutting down two Idyllwild restaurants.The Red Kettle restaurant closed last Thursday, and co-owner Bruce Ross responded Sunday…
The Idyllwild Fire Protection District (IFPD) Board of Commissioners of met Tuesday, Nov. 17 with commissioners Stephanie Yost and Dennis Fogle absent. On the agenda for the closed session following the public session was the performance evaluation of Chief Mark LaMont. Following the evaluation, Commissioner Henry Sawicki reported that the evaluation was “very favorable.” The…
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…
Hector Cardenas is the new proprietor of the Green Thing Nursery. Locals may know him for his spoken word performances and his efforts to provide a platform for poets with the Idyllwild Poetry Society. But he also has experience in the nursery business. His uncle George owned a production nursery in Bonsall, and as a…
A new county policy brings filmmakers to Idyllwild.