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Creature Corner: Feb. 9, 2017

Last week in Days of Our Nine Lives, the ARF cats welcomed Audrey into their cattery. George: Well, what did you think of the Super...

Steele T16 in Phoenix

Brendan Steele fired a 10-under-par 65-67-70-72 — 274 last week on the TPC Scottsdale course in the Waste Management Phoenix Open. That was good...

Sports: Feb. 2, 2017

Basketball Robert Lewis, Town Hall recreation director, gave this report on Town Hall Youth Basketball. Division 1 (ages 6-9) On Tuesday, Jan. 31, the Idy....

Rock slide closes Hwy. 243

Last week’s snow and rain caused several rock slides throughout Southern California. Here, a boulder blocking Highway 243 in the Poppet Flat area, south of Banning, is split and removed. Photo courtesy Terri Kasinga, Caltrans

Legion closes the Warming Center

Danny Richardson, American Legion Post 800 commander, said his board has decided to close the Legion as a community Warming Center. “It was a board decision,” said Richardson, a strong advocate for using the Legion as a warming center. “They had concerns over liability.” Richardson said he has already notified the county and the Community Action Partnership.

Fire Safe Council urges preparation before fire season

The Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council hosted a community meeting Saturday to discuss a number of topics, including actions homeowners might take to improve...

Andrewson to lead IFPD in 2017: Officials comfortable with audit and...

Idyllwild Fire Commissioner Rhonda Andrewson was elected president of the Idyllwild Fire Protection District commission for 2017. Her colleagues unanimously elevated Andrewson to the...

Out Loud: Unique challenges

Running a newspaper in a small town can pose unique challenges not found in other businesses in a small town. • Diverse viewpoints. • Questions as...

Readers Write: Placing priority on tickets

Editor: Letters to the editor are one way to blow off steam, if it’s not too potent to print. So sure, I didn’t have my seat...

Reader’s Write: ‘A Healthy Idyllwild’

Editor: Regarding Callie Wight’s column entitled “A Healthy Idyllwild” and the word “mistake,” I like to view it as “mis-take” or, better yet, “miss take,”...
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