Pile burning on Westridge
By Idyllwild Town Crier
The U.S. Forest Service is doing pile burning Wednesday, Feb. 27, on the Westridge Fuel Break. The start time was 9:30 a.m. Firefighters are targeting about 300 piles.
At 6:18 p.m. Friday, Aug. 17, a silver 2003 Honda Civic, driven by Jillian Sipes 33, of La Quinta, was traveling east on Highway 74 when Sipes made an unsafe turning movement and collided with the mountainside just west of the Santa Rosa Truck Trail. She was transport by American Medical Response to Desert Regional…
While the three Hill water districts are not immune to the drought overwhelming Southern California, they also are not as vulnerable as most of the region.All three local water districts — Fern Valley (FVWD), Idyllwild (IWD) and Pine Cove (PCWD) — rely on annual precipitation — rain and, especially, snow — to percolate into the…
Idyllwild Conversations is presenting “Rekindling the Trailfinders” at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 25, at the Idyllwild Library. Hosts for this special evening are Dr. Jennifer Gee, (director, James Reserve), Julie Steiger, (counselor, Idyllwild Arts), Sarah Fogelsong, (assistant director, Pathfinders) and Rick Barker, (author, moral psychology). Everyone is invited to this free discussion on how to…
At 8:15 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 5, Paulina Soldana, 18, of Anza, was driving her gray 2016 Honda Civic north on Apple Canyon Road, two-tenths of a mile north of Highway 74. Behind her, also driving north, was Justin Pandal, 30, of Northport, New York. The California Highway Patrol report was not complete as of…
By Jack Clark Co-publisher and General Counsel So far, renewals and new memberships total 228, which is 35 percent of our first-year Charter Memberships, and we’re only 17 percent into our second year. Remember, you readers are keeping a community newspaper serving our community; without you all, the paper couldn’t carry on. We now have…
Holiday closings Hill businesses and institutions that will be closed Monday, Feb. 16, to observe Presidents Day are: • Area post offices • BBVA Compass Bank • Fern Valley Water District • Hemet Unified School District (and Thursday, Feb. 12 for Lincoln’s Birthday) • Idyllwild Library (and Thursday, Feb. 12 for Lincoln’s Birthday) • Idyllwild…
