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Students of the week – December 5, 2013
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The Idyllwild Fire Protection District Commission has announced a special meeting Monday morning, May 23 at 9 a.m. at the District’s conference. The meeting’s purpose is to discuss the proposed Joint Powers Authority with San Jacinto City for fire and emergency services. The agenda suggests the Commission may use the meeting to approve joining the…
Town Hall up for sale Recreation activities continue to be popular, Bob Lewis, director of the Idyllwild Community Center recreation program, reported to the Advisory Committee for County Service Area 36 (Idyllwild and Fern Valley) last Thursday night. For example, the Youth Baseball program has 106 players, from kindergarten to middle school, on 10 teams…
Fire log Hill fire stations responded to the following calls, Sunday June 23, to Monday, July 1: Idyllwild Fire Department and Ambulance June 23 — Medical aid, Fern Valley. June 23 — Walk-in medical aid. June 25 — Three walk-in medical aids. June 25 — Medical aid, Cowbell Lane, Idyllwild. June 25 — Medical aid,…
On Friday, Sept. 1, Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the 25000 block of Hotei Lane in Idyllwild, in reference to past residential burglaries. After an extensive investigation, one suspect, Brian Dustin Vowell, 36, of Idyllwild, was arrested on Thursday, Sept. 14, and booked into the county jail for burglary. Bail was set at $25,000….
The California Department of Public Health detected plague during a routing testing of a ground squirrel from the San Jacinto Mountains said Riverside County Director of Disease Control Barbara Cole. The ground squirrel tested positive for exposure to fleas infected with bacteria that can cause plague, Riverside officials said. “CDPH did confirm recently the presence…
The recent flurry of rain and snowstorms have not yet made a significant addition to the Hill’s water supply. Consequently, the drought is expected to enter its fourth-consecutive year. But the month of February did bring a milestone — the warmest February recorded. According to the National Weather Service, Idyllwild’s average temperature in February was…