By Jenny KirchnerContributor Growing up as an only child in the quaint and picturesque town of Idyllwild, Thanksgiving was more than just a holiday; it was a cherished tradition that brought my family and community together in warmth and gratitude. It filled the otherwise fairly quiet house of just my mom and me with the…

Hemet Unified School District directors adopted a $200 million budget last week that will produce a $16.7-million deficit for fiscal 2014-15, which begins July 1. The current-year budget also has a projected $5.2-million deficit. By fiscal year 2015-16, HUSD believes the two years of losses will be reversed. Next year’s $203.4-million budget is nearly $27.6…

The July 25 meeting of the Idyllwild Historical Preservation District Local Review Board meeting is cancelled and the next meeting is Aug. 22 at the Idyllwild Library. The ISIS production of “Red,” scheduled for the weekends of July 26 and Aug. 2, has been cancelled.

Two California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) trout hatcheries in the Eastern Sierras are continuing to fight an outbreak of Lactococcus petauri, a naturally occurring bacteria that sickens fish. The current outbreak was first detected in April 2022. CDFW fishery managers announced this week that about 350,000 infected catchable rainbow trout are now showing…