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Joey and Max Neu with Grace McKimson help wash dishes during the Idyllwild School spaghetti dinner at the American Legion Post 800 Saturday evening.

A multiple vehicle traffic collision occurred last week on Highway 74, according to California Highway Patrol Officer Edward Nunez. On Friday, Oct. 11 at 11:10 p.m., three vehicles were involved in a collision on Highway 74 east of Lake Hemet. Antonio Alcarez, 24 years old of Perris, was driving east on Highway 74 in a…
Idyllwild Water District has canceled its September meeting scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 21. In a brief announcement issued Friday, Sept. 9, the district announced the meeting’s cancellation. Also, the announcement said the regularly scheduled October meeting would be moved to Oct. 12. Pursuant to the IWD’s resolution setting the day and time of regular meetings,…
Thursday morning, Aug. 17, an earthquake magnitude 3.1 occurred on the Morongo Indian Reservation just north of Cabazon and Banning. The quake was felt as far west as Riverside, south to Hemet and east to Cathedral City. Three residents from Idyllwild reported the quake and assigned it a value of “2-3,” which the U.S. Geological…
Fire log Hill fire stations responded to the following calls, Monday July 15, to Monday, July 22: Idyllwild Fire Department and Ambulance July 15 — Forest, woods or wildland fire. July 15 — Medical aid, Idyllwild. July 16 — Medical aid, Idyllwild. July 17 — Medical aid, Idyllwild. July 18 — Medical aid, Idyllwild. July…
Chelsea Walsh, 33, and Gavin Escobar, 31, both of Huntington Beach, were identified as the rock climbers who died Wednesday, Sept. 28, on Tahquitz Rock. The Riverside County Coroner’s Office listed the time of injury of 12:21 p.m. and time of death of 1:18 p.m. for both climbers. Idyllwild received a substantial lightning and hail…
Caltrans’ update on the 243 mill and overlay for the week of January 20: There will be no work activity from Friday (01/16) through Tuesday (01/20) during Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Project will resume on Wednesday (01/21). Week of January 21st, several daytime work activities with lane closures and flagging /pilot car operations will continue…