

Youth Grantmakers support local nonprofits
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Idyllwild Youth Grantmakers awarded $3,500 last week to four local nonprofits. Above right, the 2015 Youth Grantmaker award recipients are Michelle Johnson, for the Idyllwild School Booster Club, Sandy Wampler, for the Friends of San Jacinto Mountain County Parks, Antje Banks, for the Idyllwild Garden Club, and Rachel Teeguarden, for the San Jacinto Mountain Community Center.


The Friends of the Idyllwild Library delivered a check for $32,500 to the County of Riverside …
The Caltrans announced that Interstate 10 is closed between Route 86 and the Arizona State Line. Sunday’s severe storm caused a section of eastbound I-10 to collapse. The westbound direction was severely undermined at Tex Wash (Adair Overcrossing), about 44 miles east of Route 86 (Coachella) and 42 miles west of the Arizona State Line….
In her first varsity meet, Idyllwild’s Riley Arnson, freshman at Hemet High School, finished 6th overall with a time of 18:42.5.
Photo by J.P. Crumrine
Following recent rains, Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Chief John R. Hawkins lifted the suspension of open burning effective 8 a.m. Monday, Dec. 8, for all local and state responsibility areas within Riverside County. Several factors are considered when determining the severity of fire danger and are closely monitored. Weather, fuel moisture and vegetation growth are…
The Friends of the Idyllwild Library have announced that they recently ordered the 100th new book that they will donate to the library. The Friends, an all-volunteer 501(c)(3), arrange many of the educational and entertaining presentations that the library hosts every weeks, run the self-serve used book store in the library, and purchase books to…...
Capt. Mike Alvarez of the California Highway Patrol’s San Gorgonio office was at the April Pine Cove Property Owners Association meeting. During the meeting, some members discussed their adventures taking the detour to Hemet through Anza in the early morning. Highway 371 tended to have less enforcement and, therefore, more dangerous driving episodes. CHP posted…