In August, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced the awarding of more than $37 million in grants for endangered or threatened species in 20 states throughout the U.S. Riverside County received $4 million in two grants, and other California entities received another $8 million for various land acquisition and management projects. The county’s two…

On her second day as the new executive director of the Idyllwild HELP Center, Colleen Meyer was already actively soliciting assistance for the community’s needy. Saturday morning, she spoke to the Pine Cove Property Owner’s Association about several programs such as the food pantry. Meyer is familiar to many who visit or use the HELP…

Mountain Disaster Preparedness (MDP has scheduled its second-annual Idyllwild Shake Up Drill and Simulation from 9 a.m. to noon, Sat., Sept. 10 and is encouraging everyone in the community to participate. MDP volunteers, along with personnel from the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services (RACES) and the MDP Core Medical Team will man an Incident Command…