I had my first COVID vaccine shot Monday. I qualify now because I’m 75 plus. Becky made an appointment for me at a county facility down in Beaumont, and I’m set for my second shot as well. I’m relating this so you’ll know vaccination is becoming available. But the vaccination doesn’t quite come to us,…

Riverside County Sheriff’s Department deputies responded to a call Wednesday night, Feb. 10 at the 53000 block of Country Club Drive in Idyllwild to find 50-year-old Adrian David Denava, of Idyllwild, deceased. The incident occurred about 10 p.m. The department said Denava “appeared to have been shot.” The suspect is Denava’s 24-year-old son Adrian Denava…

The lawsuit filed by former Idyllwild Water District (IWD) General Manager Michael Creighton seeking $578,476 in damages from the district settled out of court. The office of Creighton’s attorney, Charles P. Boylston, confirmed “that the matter has been resolved.” The newspaper received a copy of the settlement from IWD through a public records request. It…

With its 30th anniversary, the Jazz in the Pines Festival is ending. Thefestival has brought mainstream jazz and crossover artists, as well asregional jazz greats, to audiences who came up the hill for the day orweekend and has been the major fundraiser for scholarships to theIdyllwild Arts Academy. The festival has, in recent years, turned…