Due to the recent abrupt resignation of Idyllwild Postmaster Mark Smith, the remaining staff has been overwhelmed with operations during the holiday season. Last Wednesday, the line for counter service was down to the Idyllwild Library five minutes to 1 p.m. The counter is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. If…

Thursday morning, Aug. 30, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Marijuana Extraction Team removed a grove of marijuana from U.S. Forest Service lands north of Lake Fulmor. Starting early in the morning, the team, whose members are from the Sheriff’s Department, the U.S. Forest Service, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the California National…

A seven-year old law went into effect on Jan. 1, 2017. Senate Bill 407, enacted in October 2009, requires residential and commercial property built before Jan. 1, 1994, to ensure plumbing fixtures conserve water. Residential properties, single and multiple family properties, need to be in compliance by Jan. 1, 2017. The requirement applies now, and…

As expected following Riverside County Board of Supervisor’s approval in January of a new county-wide contract for emergency ambulance service with American Medical Response, the county notified the Idyllwild Fire Protection District that its contract with the county to provide emergency ambulance service to zones 2 and 3 (Pine Cove and north and south of…