
Photo by Jenny Kirchner


Photo by Jenny Kirchner
Friends of the Idyllwild Library host special meeting



Photo by Jack Clark

Photos: Last Week in Idyllwild: October 1, 2015
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Friends of the Idyllwild Library host special meeting




West Virginia University graduate O’Dell Tucker is the acting ranger for the San Jacinto Ranger District (SJRD). Tucker also is the public services staff officer for the San Bernardino National Forest (SBNF).Tucker’s tenure will end in October, when Marc Stamer, former Mountaintop District Ranger, returns from a temporary assignment. Stamer is headed to Idyllwild as…
Even during this COVID winter, the weekend traffic up here makes clear that visitors will come flocking as the virus fades, and we Hill folk are itching to get out and about again ourselves.Of course, this means Hill businesses and organizations need to get reopening information to these folk ahead of time to take advantage…
Former Idyllwild Water District (IWD) General Manager Michael Creighton was fired from his role on Sept. 25, 2019 and filed (Jan. 31) then served (Feb. 25) a wrongful termination lawsuit against IWD. As the newspaper previously reported the lawsuit against IWD was based on alleged violations of the California Government Code’s Fair Employment and Housing…
CAL FIRE officials are cautiously optimistic today about the diminishing future of the Buck Fire. Most of today the fire laid down, according to the Public Information Officer Chief Rick Vogt, a Battalion Chief with San Marcos Fire. Both Vogt and Riverside Fire Chief John Hawkins were confident that the Buck Fire did not spread…
Two collisions occurred on Highway 243 over the last two weeks both including left-hand turns, according to California Highway Patrol (CHP) Public Information Officer Matt Napier. On July 15 at 5:02 p.m., Fay Lynn Rosinsniffen, 64 of Idyllwild, was stopped in her white 1995 Ford Explorer on the shoulder of Highway 243 north of Saunders…
The decade long scourge of Goldspotted Oak Borer (GSOB) continues todamage and to kill oak trees on the Hill. Despite multiple efforts toeradicate this nemesis, its destruction is still present. Callie Squires, executive director for the Mountain Communities FireSafe Council (MCFSC), has announced that funding is available either tospray threatened and damaged trees or to…