The Idyllwild Community Center (ICC) building project next to the Idyllwild Community Playground, which has been in the works for more than twenty years, is finally near completion.  Except for a few final “punch list” items remaining under the HUD building contract, ICC’s combined CDBG grant through HUD, as well as additional Riverside County grants,…

The Riverside County Department of Waste Resources has offered Backyard Composting classes and workshops for 30 years to provide residents with the basic knowledge on how to compost organic waste from home, safely and efficiently. In addition to these basic composting classes, the department will be offering a free Master Composter Certificate Training program with…

Editor’s note: This was taken from an Associates press release. Saturday, Dec. 18, the Associates of the Idyllwild Arts Foundation (AIAF) made a holiday gift to the Scholarship Fund of the Idyllwild Arts Academy and Summer Program. The gift of $40,000 was one of the largest single donations the Associates have made in recent years….

The U.S. Forest Service started a pile burn Tuesday, Feb. 13, along the Pine Cove Fuel Break. On Monday, the Forest Service completed a burn near the Vista Grande Fire Station on Highway 243, about mid-way between Banning and Idyllwild. At Vista Grande, the Forest Service burned three piles of slash. However, at Pine Cove,…

With extremely hot weather arriving in California last week, the critical and obvious tips are to stay cool, stay hydrated and look after friends and family. In anticipation, both the county and the state posted warnings and suggestions for dealing with the temperatures. The state created a website: heatreadyca.com/. The county announced the availability of…