
Photos by Leslie Schelly

Boy Scouts do good deed
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On Saturday, March 21, several fellow Boy Scouts and adults participated in Chad Schelly’s project helping Town Hall. From left are Jeff Bradshaw, Ana Bradshaw, Aislynn and Rosemary Bradshaw, Chip Schelly, Aidan Young, Chad Schelly, Matt Huff, Elder Franson, Elder Pennell, Mitchell Romeril, Tristan Wettlauffer, Christian Huff and Jonah Bradshaw.


Though it did not come close to Hill communities, a fire reported at 2:17 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 25, showed potential to run up the mountain and did cause the California Highway Patrol to close Highway 243 from Twin Pines Road to the KOA Campground in Banning.Banning High School and the KOA Campground were evacuated as…
The Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council conducted fuel abatement in Twin Pines last week. Pino Tree Service did the clearing, including removal of large piles of brush, on the steep mountain side below the dome house foundation. This was the site deaths of the Forest Service firefighters during the Esperanza Fire in 2006.
The litigation filed against Riverside County opposing its December 2021 redistricting of the five supervisorial seats has been settled and no changes to the current boundaries of the supervisorial districts will occur. Thursday, Sept. 14, Yaoska Machado, senior public information specialist for the county, provided the following statement, “The County has entered into a settlement…
One two-vehicle collision occurred on Hill roads during the last week. At 5:28 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 14, Janet Colson, 48, of San Jacinto, was driving her 2010 Mercedes E 350 westbound on Highway 74 just east of the Old Control Road when, according to the California Highway Patrol report, she made an unsafe turning movement….
On March 5, 2024, California will hold its presidential primary. But many other offices also will be on the ballot that day. Many of these are for state or local positions such as the county’s board of education and supervisor. The most obviously local position is the vacant seat on the Idyllwild Water District Board…
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…