The California Highway Patrol is reporting that mud and rock slide is blocking the eastbound lane on Highway 74 between McGaugh and McCall Park roads below Mountain Center. The slide was reported just after 3 p.m. Thursday. A boulder has fallen onto the eastbound lane just east of McCall Park Road and was reported at…

Financial issues and problems continue to dominate and to plague the Idyllwild Fire Protection District’s commission meetings. The commission unanimously authorized Chief Patrick Reitz to negotiate a financial services contract with Robert Dennis, a Rancho Cucamonga certified public accountant. The idea to seek full-service financial assistance surfaced after the district discovered its on-going double payment…

In the absence of Board President Charlie Wix, Vice President Bob Krieger led a swift and concise meeting Friday, Sept. 21. Two days prior to the meeting, the board received a letter from customers Suzanne and David Horowitz requesting an adjustment or forgiveness of their recent $13,700 bill. Apparently a valve controlling an underground line…