The Idyllwild Scholarship Fund Board of Trustees is accepting donations toward the fund for this year’s graduating Idyllwild high school seniors. Last year’s recipients of a total of $12,000 were Justin Chrysler, Benjamin Mettler, Ana Rincan, Ashlee Strunk and Dante Yardas. To donate, mail checks payable to the Idyllwild Scholarship Fund to P.O. Box 778,…

On Thursday, March 31, Idyllwild Fire Department and the U.S. Forest Service responded to a fire on the Ernie Maxwell Trail. It was about  0.7 miles below Humber Park, and the two fire units extinguished it. “Someone had started what appeared to be a warming fire in a large log along the trail,” wrote Idyllwild…

The Pine Cove Property Owners Association decided to make several contributions to local organizations at its May meeting. A dozen Hill organizations were beneficiaries of the PCPOA’s $6,000 of generosity. Mountain Disaster Preparedness received $1,250. A $1,000 contribution has been earmarked for the Idyllwild HELP Center. These funds will be available for assistance of Pine…

Lisa Absher, with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Communication Disorders, has joined the Idyllwild School faculty as a speech-language pathologist providing services to preschool to middle school students. Absher’s training and experience equip her to treat a variety of communication and swallowing disorders including autism, dysphagia, Down syndrome, fetal alcohol syndrome and traumatic brain…