Caltrans has provided this update on the progress of the pavement rehabilitation project on SR 243: Week of March 30th, daytime work activities with parking lot closures and pedestrian walkway closures near Idyllwild School will occur on SR-243 throughout the week between the hours 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday (03/30) through Friday (04/03). The…

The traditional late August special district election of fire commissioners may change in a few years. Idyllwild Fire Protection District President Jerry Buchanan asked his colleagues to consider a proposal to shift IFPD’s future elections to November general election ballots. “It would give a better opportunity for more people to vote,” Buchanan said. “August is…

Longtime Idyllwild resident Grace Moore is this year’s Fourth of July Parade grand marshal. Idyllwild Rotary Club, parade organizer, made the announcement which came as a surprise to Moore who said she didn’t know why they would pick her. “It’s fantastic,” she said when reached by telephone in Oregon. “I was quite surprised.” Her long…

A possible tax increase is now several years in the future, according to the discussion at last week’s Idyllwild Fire Protection District Finance Committee. Susan Weisbart and Committee Chair Nancy Layton said their Tax Measure Research subcommittee would need at least a year to investigate and prepare the justification for a possible tax increase. Consequently,…

Students at Idyllwild School were introduced to special meals from California grown foods last week. Hemet Unified School District, in cooperation with the nonprofit Center for Ecoliteracy, is serving fresh lunches to district students. HUSD has plans to operate the California Thursdays through the remainder of the 2014-15 school year. “We are actually offering California…