Bruce Barton, director of Riverside County’s Emergency Medical Service Agency, opened the EMS strategic planning meeting in Riverside with the promise that the draft strategic plan would be available for the July meeting and a final plan within 90 days. The group has been working on a strategic plan for nearly a year. Until February,…

The Soroptimists of Idyllwild is a women’s service club improving the lives of women and girls in our community and around the world. The club is recruiting new members who are business and professional women. Call Karen Doshier at 659-0790 for information.

At its March 7 meeting, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the contract and added costs for construction of public restrooms in Idyllwild. These facilities will be compliant with the Americans with Disability Act. The 210-square-foot facility will be along North Circle Drive in front of the Mile Hi Plaza and is within…

When you’re at 8,000 feet altitude and your engine is shutting down, you have limited time to work with the problem. Descending at 800 feet per minute, with only 10 minutes to touchdown, and with the single prop wind-milling, that is what Idyllwild local Dave Pelham had to do — concentrate on working the protocols…