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Teagan White and Kenli Schnalzer salute the wreath they’ve laid in remembrance of fallen soldiers for the Veterans Day Ceremony on November 11 at the American Legion Post 800. Photo by John Drake





At about 11:20 a.m. Monday, Nov. 12, U.S. Forest Service firefighters responded to a small vegetation wildfire off of Highway 74 near the old turkey ranch south of the highway, heading toward Hemet. The Turkey incident, a small spot fire, was quickly extinguished. No cause was given. U.S. Forest Service and Cal Fires firefighters also…
A structure fire on Sylvan Way was reported at 12:13 p.m. Sunday, June 27. Station 23 was first on scene. Idyllwild Fire also responded. More information will be provided in the July 1 edition.
As a result of the 2010 political redistricting, Idyllwild and other Hill communities technically had no representation in the California Senate. But our former senator Bill Emmerson will continue to represent these areas until the November 2014 election. The state Senate has 40 members and every two years, half of the districts vote for their…
The highway 243 mill and overlay project will be replacing drainage culverts near Mt Edna Road during the week of February 2. Caltrans warns: “Week of February 2nd, several daytime work activities with lane closures and flagging /pilot car operations will continue SR-243 throughout the week between the hours 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday (02/02) through…...
On Saturday evening, May 9, deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Cabazon Station responded to the base of Black Mountain Trail and Highway 243 after receiving a call of a lost hiker. Chiu Pan reported that her 18-year-old daughter, Betty Pan of Riverside, was on a three-day hike from Whitewater to the base of…
The Pine Cove Water District budget for fiscal year 2014-15, which starts July 1, will be $800,000, which is $25,000 or 3 percent lower than the current-year budget. And the budget the directors adopted last week was about $11,000 lower than the preliminary budget presented at the May meeting. An uncertainty of whether Sprint would…