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Tuesday morning, Riverside County dedicated the “Heroes” mural on the back wall of the Idyllwild Library. More than 100 people showed up, including 3rd District Supervisor Chuck Washington, first responders from Idyllwild Fire, Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department and the artist, Keith Blum. Photo by JP Crumrine


The California Highway Patrol reported one collision on Hill highways over the last week. At 10:55 a.m. Saturday, May 21, Kenneth Roger Wilson Jr., 40, of Murrieta, was driving his 2007 grey Honda Odyssey eastbound on Highway 74 just west of Morris Ranch Road when he made an unsafe turning movement. Wilson’s Odyssey then struck…
Reba Coulter got a nice surprise when she found out she had been named Riverside County 4th District Woman of the Year. “I didn’t know such a thing existed, I was totally shocked.” Coulter explains that each of the five supervisors nominated a candidate, and she was Supervisor V. Manuel Perez’s choice. The awards are…
Kicking off Idyllwild’s gardening season (Yes! … It is time to think tomatoes) the Idyllwild Garden Club invites everyone to their annual March Soup-er meeting, noon, Tuesday, March 5 at the Community Presbyterian Church, 54400 N. Circle Dr., door on lower level. A hot buffet of soups, breads and desserts will be followed by our…
Manned by representatives of the Hemet Unified School District Transportation Department, the Bus Pass Desk was a popular stop during Idyllwild School’s Back to School Night held Thursday, Sept. 8.
By JP Crumrine Correspondent On Wednesday and early Thursday, 60,000 more votes were counted in Riverside County. Consequently, several races are drawing closer. But Riverside County still has more than 250,000 ballots to count. The most recently counted votes tended toward the Republican candidates. How many uncounted ballots are from each district is unknown. For…
While drought conditions still overlay most of Riverside County, the past four weeks have taken a toll on the dry weather. This weekend more than a foot of snow fell on the Hill and some more is expected this week. This is in contrast with the warm weather at the end of February, when Idyllwild…