With its largest storage facility, Foster Lake, nearly empty because of the lack of rain over the past two years, Idyllwild Water District has decided to conduct some maintenance of the lake. In a special Oct. 29 morning meeting, the board unanimously approved General Manager’s Terry Lyons’ recommendation to use Idyllwild Backhoe from among five…

A female Pacific Crest Trailer hiker, Konstanze, 35, of Austria, was hiking with a small group near San Jacinto Peak on Wednesday, March 28, when she slipped and injured her knee. It seemed to be fine, but once they stopped at the emergency hut near the peak, she could no longer move it or put any weight on it. 

At the latest Mountain Emergency Services Committee (MEMSCOMM) meeting, coordinator Gina Moran-McGough discussed current availability of Homeland Security grant-funded mobile trailers designed to assist disaster recovery in areas of most critical need. Each trailer has 100 cots, blankets, a generator and other emergency supplies and can be towed to areas where most needed. Moran-McGough said…