
Photo by JP Crumrine
Locals turn out for June 5 primary
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Voters came early to cast ballots in California’s primary election, Tuesday, June 5. By 7:15 a.m., nearly 10 voters had completed the two-page ballot. Photo by JP Crumrine

Well levels are lower at Fern Valley Water District owing to a drier than normal winter. Prior to the storm that dropped eight inches of snow in Idyllwild and 13-1⁄2 inches in Pine Cover and upper Fern Valley, precipitation was about half of what it had been last year at this time. Now it approaches…
Late last night (Tuesday, March 6) an inch or less of snow fell on Idyllwild. The roads have been cleared and gravel dropped. The icy spots will melt quickly as the temperatures rise from 25º. The National Weather Service forecast is sunny and 50º today. Sunny days through the weekend. Here’s some early views of…
The Idyllwild Chamber of Commerce begins the second year of its reconstituted leadership and revitalization with newly elected officers and an 11-member board. 2011-12 chamber officers Nick Todd, Tara Insurance, president; Richmond Blake, Creekside Postal Services, first vice president; Joann Slater, Slater and Associates, second vice president; David Jerome, Idyllbeast Research Center, secretary; and Kim…
Dear Spiritual Workout,I’ve been divorced from my ex-husband for more than a decade and we are both remarried. Even though we have a good relationship, I wish he were more involved with our grown kids. He moved far away from all of them and it seems their relationships are mostly surface. I feel bad for…
Firefighters responded to a wildland fire Friday at 1:16 a.m. at the 28000 block of Bonita Vista Drive in Apple Canyon (between Mountain Center and Garner Valley). The cause of the fire is still under investigation. The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) took over the incident, which had been under the command of Cal Fire/Riverside County…
The restoration of the Hill’s mountain yellow-legged frog population is continuing although no new releases of eggs are planned for 2012, according to Adam R. Backlin, ecologist at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Western Ecological Research Center in Irvine. “It looks like our captive breeding program this year did not produce as many new frogs as…