About 5:30 a.m., this morning a 2.9 magnitude earthquake occurred about 4 miles south of Idyllwild. It was originally estimated to be 3.4 magnitude. The quake rumbled for several seconds before endingin a boom. No major damage has been reported. No further information is available.

On Friday, April 20, dozens of Idyllwild Arts Academy students walked from the campus to Village Center in Idyllwild in support of gun control on the 19th anniversary of the Columbine school shooting. Here they are passing Idyllwild School, where students were in front of the school also participating in the national “walk-out.”

Former Riverside County Registrar of Voters (ROV) Rebecca Spencer resigned Sept. 29 after being placed on paid administrative leave from her position at the Sept. 12 board of supervisors’ meeting. In the announcement of Spencer’s resignation, the county said, it had “… entered into a settlement agreement whereby the parties mutually agree that this action…

The end-of-year financial report for fiscal 2012-13, a patient outcome assessment and board policies were all discussed during the Aug. 27 Idyllwild Fire Protection District commission meeting. For the last fiscal year, IFPD had its fourth-consecutive deficit since 2009. From July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013, the department’s expenses were about $91,500 more than…