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Idyllwild resident Holly Braaten entered her homemade jams, pickles, salsa’s and baked goods to the Home Arts Department Food Competition at the Southern California Fair in Perris, CA. Braaten walked away with an astonishing 21 first place awards, nine second place awards and three first place gift basket awards. Photo by Jenny Kirchner

Caitlin Burns, daughter of Maureen Jones, will be competing this year for the Junior Miss California International title, Sept. 8 to 10, representing Idyllwild. If she is crowned she will tour California speaking on her platform, “A New Path, Parents for Addiction Treatment and Healing.” While on tour, she will also be representing the youth…
Wheaton College student Micah Hitchcock of Idyllwild was named to the Dean’s List for the fall semester. To earn Dean’s List honors at Wheaton, an undergraduate student must carry 12 or more credit hours and achieve a 3.5 gpa or higher on the 4.0 scale. Wheaton College (Wheaton, Illinois) is a coeducational Christian liberal arts…
Kelsey Sanborn, a senior at the University of Hawaii at Hilo, is an intern at the Pacific Aquaculture Research Center this fall. Here, she is displaying one of her projects.
“The Kind of Girl” is the winner of the seventh-annual Rose Metal Press Short Short Chapbook Contest. The author is Idyllwild Arts Academy teacher Kim Henderson, right, who originally is from New Mexico and is a graduate of the University of Montana’s master of fine arts program. Henderson’s work has appeared in Tin House, Cutbank,…
Dr. Richard MacNeal, a co-founder of MSC Software and former Garner Valley resident, died at age 94 on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. A one-hour memorial service is scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 24, at Lake Avenue Church, 393 N. Lake Avenue, Pasadena. MacNeal was important in the history of Idyllwild Arts, especially during the…
On Sunday, Jan. 13, Idyllwild resident Anna Bielecki, owner of Nature’s Wisdom Restaurant, passed away.
Our condolences extend to Anna’s family and friends.