
Photo by Jenny Kirchner

Photo by Jenny Kirchner
Master Chorale gets special honor
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The Idyllwild Master Chorale had a wonderful surprise during Sunday afternoon’s performance at the IAF Theatre at Idyllwild Arts. For its annual holiday concert, State Sen. Jeff Stone sent his District Director Glenn Miller (right) to present a proclamation honoring the chorale for its long history of work.


Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, Jan. 29 to Feb. 4. Idyllwild • Jan. 29 — Suicide threat, address withheld. Handled by deputy. • Jan. 29 — Alarm call, Pine Crest Ave. Handled by deputy. • Jan. 30 — Alarm call, 54000 block of…
Fire log The Idyllwild Fire Station responded to the following calls, Tuesday, March 18 to Monday, March 24: Idyllwild March 19 — Medical aid. March 22 — System malfunction. March 23 — Three medical aids. March 24 — Public service assistance. March 24 — False alarm or false call. Sheriff’s log The Riverside…
The Friends of the Idyllwild Library will hold a Memorial Day weekend book sale from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, May 26 and 27, on the library deck at 54185 Pine Crest Avenue. Riverside County planners and the contractor are moving rapidly toward the completion of property in Strawberry Plaza and soon…
Late Wednesday afternoon, June 4, the Idyllwild Fire Department responded quickly to an electrical fire in a home on Rim Rock. No one was injured and the house did not burn. Mike Smith, who is just recovering from surgery, said his wife Susan told him she smelled smoke. “We felt the ceiling in the bathroom…
As of press time, there are a total of 22 reported COVID-19 cases since the outbreak and one death reported for the area of Idyllwild-Pine Cove, according to the Riverside University Health System – Public Health (RUHS) website. That is two more cases than the newspaper reported before it went to press last week. As…
Before recessing for the holidays, the U.S. Congress passed an omnibus appropriations bill to fund the federal government through the end of the fiscal year (Sept. 30, 2016). This includes $5.6 billion for the U.S. Forest Service, almost $600 million more than enacted for 2014-15, but $116 million less than President Barack Obama requested in…