Asking kids to give up their cellphones is not a pleasant experience. Adults anticipate the negotiating, whines, and eye rolls as they utter those dreaded words. What if I told you not only are educators not receiving these responses, but students are willingly giving up their phones to staff? Tahquitz High School decided to implement…

The holiday storms a few weeks back caused some damage to the Idyllwild Area Historical Society (IAHS) Museum. A tree branch fell and went through the roof like a spear. “Due to the recent heavy snow and rainstorms, a long top section of an adjacent pine tree broke off and speared the museum roof,” IAHS…

This year, seven people have officially gone missing in the area. Four of those people still have not been found. Rosario Garcia was last seen on July 7, and her family has been left with a deep, vast hole of unanswered questions and grief. On Nov. 29, Maggie Zavala, Garcia’s daughter, and Laura Atenci, Garcia’s…