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On Wednesday, Jan. 31, the U.S. Forest Service plans to begin the Thomas Mountain Prescribed Burn at about 9 a.m. Operations may continue through the weekend. An unexpected change in weather conditions will cancel the burn. Intermittent recreational closures may occur at Thomas Mountain yellow post sites (semi-developed campgrounds), Thomas Mountain Road (6S13) and the…
Idyllwild Arts is pleased to announce the appointment of Marianne Kent-Stoll as the new Dean of Academics. Last week the school announced that Kent-Stoll would start on July 1. She replaces the former Dean of Academics Anna-Karin Li. Kent-Stoll comes to Idyllwild Arts Academy from the Staten Island Academy in Staten Island, N.Y., where she…
At the Aug. 27 meeting of the Riverside County Board of Supervisors,John Hildebrand, Planning Director, presented the Department’s six-monthreport on the implementation of revised Ordinance 927.2, “RegulatingShort-Term Rentals”. This follows the Feb. 1 opening of the Tier 1 application process fornew STR certificates. The application period ended on May 1. The Reportalso described Code Enforcement’s…
The Idyllwild Water District directors held a special meeting last week to hear an initial report from its rate consultant, NBS of Temecula. Before describing the proposals for rate levels and structures, Greg Henry of NBS explained that the analysis started with IWD’s draft budget for fiscal year 2018-19. From that point, it relied on…
Idyllwild School students gather in front of the “California Distinguished School” sign to celebrate their hard work and achievements Friday morning. The California Distinguished School program honors some of California’s most exemplary and inspiring public schools. Schools selected for the Distinguished School Award demonstrate significant gains in narrowing the achievement gap. This is the third time Idyllwild has received this honor.
Local voters stuffed the ballot box at Town hall today, according to Stacy Grant, Idyllwild resident. And it’s true. Diana Johnson, poll inspector, said, “Things were going well all day until about 6 [p.m.]” That was when the ballot box was nearly full. Several voters were concerned about trying to put their ballots in the…