Holiday Closings
By
65 years ago – 1948 “Ma’s New Husband” was chosen as the first play to be produced by the newly organized Mountain Players. 60 years ago – 1953 More than 150 people pledged $10 each for benches to be placed at the Town Hall campfire area. 55 years ago – 1958 Temperatures dropped…
The Manzanita Fire, burning east of Highway 79 in Lamb Canyon, grew to 5,800 acres by mid-Tuesday and was 20 percent contained as of press time. Currently, more than 1,300 firefighters, including the Idyllwild Fire Department, are combating the blaze. Three helicopters and eight aircraft are providing air attack. The fire started Monday afternoon. The…
The Idyllwild Fire Protection District’s commission has canceled its regularly scheduled meeting for June 25. The next regular meeting will be 3 p.m., Tuesday, July 23. The Commission did hold a closed session regarding the contract for a fire chief at a special meeting on June 18. Commission President Jerry Buchanan reported that…
The Pine Cove Water District (PCWD) held its regular board of directors meeting Wednesday, Jan. 10 with all directors present, although last month’s resignation of Diana Luther leaves an empty seat, one of the questions facing the board now. Other matters before the directors included a review of the first half of the financial year…
The Idyllwild Soroptimists are collecting food for the Idyllwild HELP Center. Food may be left at the Soroptimist “Hungry House” near the fireplace at the BBVA Bank. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., on March 3, the Soroptimists will have two more collection sites — Fairway and Village markets. This event is part of the…
The polls will close at 8 p.m., Tuesday Nov. 3. The tentative schedule for ballot results on Election Night and beyond begins with the votie-by mail results release about 8:30 p.m. according to Riverside County Registrar of Voters Rebecca Spencer. The next set of results will be about 30 minutes later at 9 p.m. when…
