Search for lost hiker near Lawler Lodge

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Before the Idyllwild Water District meeting ended last week, General Manager Tom Lynch gave the directors a report with the monthly flow from each well used between July 2015 through July 2016. This was in response to Director Steve Kunkle’s questioning. He was absent from this meeting. Earlier in the meeting, Lynch reported on the…
Chris Kramer, formerly the first vice president of the Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council, was chosen as its new president at the Jan. 13 meeting. Former President Michael Esnard told the board he and his wife planned to move in the spring and he would step down as president, but will remain on the board…
Kacee Lloyd Monroe was convicted in 2004 for the Nov. 19, 2001, second-degree murder of his friend Austin Ross, both 16, and both Pine Cove residents. Austin died of blunt-force trauma to the head and was buried in the woods. Monroe was sentenced to 16 years to life. On Oct. 2, of this year, a…
The San Bernardino National Forest Service is waiving fees on Saturday, September 24. No Adventure Pass is required for use of High Impact Recreation Areas or day-use sites in recognition of National Public Lands Day. The Forest Service has more than 60 project sites for initiatives across the country participating in this hands-on, national volunteer…
By Becky Clark Editor Former Idyllwild restaurateur Luis Delgado Solis, 45, had a new trial date set at his information arraignment Monday, Sept. 11. The new trial date is Tuesday, Oct. 31. His case was dismissed in August because of the unavailability of witnesses and the Riverside County District Attorney filed a new case. In…