Two crashes, both on Christmas Day, were reported by the California Highway Patrol on Hill roads over the last week. At about 11:55 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 25, an unidentified driver was proceeding westbound on Highway 74 in a 1994 brown Toyota Corolla approaching Thomas Mountain Road in Garner Valley when, for unknown reasons, the vehicle…

            In the posted agenda for the Idyllwild Water District’s Jan. 16 meeting are the items for hiring the new general manager, Michael Creighton, and a chief operation officer, Joel Sears.             Creighton has worked at Mt. San Jacinto College as a water technology instructor. His salary will be $104,833 annually.             Sears was hired…

Revisions to the Riverside County’s Short-term Rental (STR) Ordinance (927.1) are likely to go before both the Planning Commission and the board of supervisors in late summer or early fall, according to Felisa Cardona, public information officer for the county’s Transportation and Land Management Agency, which includes the Planning Department. Sept. 9, when the current…

Driving through Idyllwild for the rest of the summer will be different, if not difficult at times. As many know from the recent postal box fliers, Riverside County is planning extensive road work, mostly resurfacing, which will begin this month and continue into the last of October. Motorists can expect lane closures during construction with…