
Photo by Jenny Kirchner
Search for lost hiker near Lawler Lodge
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A California Highway Patrol helicopter was involved in a search for a lost hiker Thursday afternoon near Lawler Lodge. Photo by Jenny Kirchner

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…
Caltans has advised that tree work along Highway 243 will result in single-lane closures that started Monday, Sept. 25, and continues into the following week. Caltrans will be removing dead trees along the highway right-of-way for the next two weeks. The work began near McCall Park on Monday, Sept. 25, and continues through Thursday, Sept….
Two of five squatter camps in Idyllwild, downhill of the bend on Highway 243 leading south out of Idyllwild, are seen in these photos. The camps are on 40 undeveloped acres owned by Charlene Lane. Penelope Smrz, a neighbor immediately adjacent to the 40-acre site, reported the encampments to both the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department…
Riverside County returned to the purple tier after the Stay-at-Home Order was lifted. Visit https://covid19.ca.gov/safer-economy/, to get reacquainted with the purple tier restrictions. The state has shut down and reopened businesses multiple times since the first Stay-at-Home Order in March, leaving many small businesses, who have been able to keep their doors open, struggling to…
Riverside County Secured Property Tax Bills for fiscal year July 1, 2015, through June 30, 2016, recently mailed to Idyllwild property owners, contain a significant error. Normally, residents within County Service Area 36, pay $35 to fund street lights and “parks and recreation” within the CSA. Property tax bills historically carry a line item showing…
Water Emergency Stage 2 began Sept. 1 for Idyllwild Water District customers. How they react to the restrictions will not be known for a month or longer. During the Sept. 19 board meeting, Director John Cook led a discussion on how the board might create incentives to achieve a 10-percent reduction in usage during Stage…