At 11:45 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22, Megan Reeves, 30, of Idyllwild, was traveling west on Highway 243. She failed to park correctly, and her white 1997 Ford F150 pickup rolled forward and hit a wooden fence. Damage was minor.
No injury in traffic crash
By Susan Monroe

At 11:45 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22, Megan Reeves, 30, of Idyllwild, was traveling west on Highway 243. She failed to park correctly, and her white 1997 Ford F150 pickup rolled forward and hit a wooden fence. Damage was minor.
Besides bad news about the feasibility of the recycled water project, Idyllwild Water District directors learned that the project to rehabilitate the horizontal wells above Foster Lake has problems. The U.S. Department of Agriculture gave IWD $215,000 in 2015 to rehabilitate these wells and five vertical wells. However, General Manager Jack Hoagland told the board…
Without the need for any major capital investment projects during fiscal 2016-17, the Fern Valley Water District will make a substantial reduction in its unfunded balance for other post-employment employee benefits, e.g., retiree healthcare. The board reviewed a draft of its budget for fiscal 2016-17, which begins July 1, during its May 20 session. The…
Idyllwild School’s eighth grade promoting class of 2015 stands proudly while friends and family take photos from the audience.
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Repairs to highways 74 and 243 a long-term project It’s hot-pink magenta with a tinge of neon orange. A thick swath of it paints Highway 243 as you drive south from Idyllwild and everything around it, trees, rocks and dirt, climbing the hillside toward AstroCamp and snaking along West Ridge. Several houses on Robin Drive…
The Idyllwild Fire Protection District commission approved its final 2011-12 budget this week. The overall budget balances revenues and expenditures are set at $1,687,400 each. The final budget forecast increased revenue of $20,000 with a proposed ambulance rate increase, which Fire Chief Norm Walker will bring to the commission next month. Walker also reduced expenditures…