Greater Idyllwild residents can vote in the Hemet Unified School District Trustee Area 2 election even though the winner will not represent them, unless they have children attending schools in Trustee Area 2. Running in Trustee Area 2, which covers schools in Aguanga, Pinyon and the Garner and Anza valleys, are former teacher and current…

Monday, Oct. 24, was a big day for education administrators and possibly for the election in two weeks. The California Department of Education released the student scores from last year’s statewide assessments and national results from a separate testing set also were released. The overall message was “recovery is occurring.” The COVID pandemic’s effect on…

While drought conditions still overlay most of Riverside County, the past four weeks have taken a toll on the dry weather. This weekend more than a foot of snow fell on the Hill and some more is expected this week. This is in contrast with the warm weather at the end of February, when Idyllwild…

Mt. San Jacinto State Park Superintendent Garratt Aitchison is leaving for another assignment at the end of February. Aitchison has been the local park sector superintendent for nearly five years and has had to endure and implement some of the department’s budget reductions. Next month, he will become district superintendent at Ocotillo Wells State Vehicular…