

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.


Trischa Clark chairs first meeting Opening her first meeting as president of the Fern Valley Water District, Trischa Clark welcomed new director George Rowell to his first board meeting last Friday. In water business, General Manager Victor Jimenez reported that the recent precipitation, although small, had made a difference in the flow of Strawberry Creek….
The Idyllwild Water District Board of Directors unanimously reversed a three-year-old policy and reduced its stipend for attending meetings. As of the last meeting of 2016, the board has returned to the previous amount of $50 per meeting and a maximum of $50 per day. In 2013, the previous board had given themselves a raise…
Idyllwild Fire Protection District (IFPD) Chief Mark LaMont called aspecial meeting of the board of commissioners for Tuesday, March 5, todiscuss and approve a single item: the purchase of a used low mileagetype III ambulance for $60,000 to replace the oldest of four ambulances.Fern Valley Water General Manager Victor Jimenez was invited because ofhis experience…
Residential burglaries were reported to have decreased after Hemet Station Sheriff’s deputies conducted a weeklong Idyllwild crime sweep in August 2012 …
Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, Oct. 15 to 21. Idyllwild • Oct. 16 — Alarm call, 12:16 p.m., Meadow Glen Dr. Handled by deputy. • Oct. 16 — Check the welfare, 4:53 p.m., Pine Crest Ave. Handled by deputy. • Oct. 17 —…
By California Highway PatrolContributed The California Highway Patrol (CHP) San Gorgonio Pass Area will be hosting a free Start Smart teen driving class at 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 19. Start Smart is designed to provide teens and their parents/guardians with an interactive, safe driving awareness class that highlights important topics such as graduated driver’s…