Crews rescued a hiker who had fallen in the wilderness last Thursday. Sgt. Joel D. Wilson of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department reported that at 10:37 a.m. Thursday, March 30, Cabazon Station deputies responded to Black Mountain Trail and Highway 243 regarding a hiker stranded in the Mt. San Jacinto Wilderness area. The hiker was…

The Fern Valley Water District Board of Directors chose new officers for 2014. The next president is Robert Krieger, vice president this year. The 2014 vice president is James Rees, who was secretary in 2013. Director Trisha Clark is the next secretary. Both Krieger and Rees were re-elected to the board without opposition this year….

The American Legion Post 800 in Idyllwild got started in the 1940s. Back then, its building on Marian View Drive was a Kiwanis Club — you can still see the “Circle and K” symbol on the west face of the building. The Legion bought it from Kiwanis in early 1971. Tom Pierce, an Army veteran…