Water bills will be increasing for Idyllwild Water District customers, but the question is, by how much. The final 6-percent annual rate increase, approved in June 2010, will definitely be on the July bill. But at the June meeting, the board considered recommendations from the Finance Committee for three other possible increases and the fiscal…

According to witnesses and the California Highway Patrol website incident information, Ryan Nick Smith, 24 of Pine Cove, was involved in a solo traffic collision in his black 2004 Suzuki at approximately 2:20 a.m. Wednesday morning, Nov. 1 on North Circle Drive near intersection with River Dr. Smith was transported with injuries to Desert Regional…

On Oct. 25, 2022, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors agreed to impose a moratorium on issuing new certificates for short-term rentals (STRs) in the Idyllwild, Pine Cove and Wine Country areas of Riverside County. The moratorium on issuing new certificates was to last until Sept. 9, 2023. Before the moratorium deadline, the county has…

While rescuers were searching for Wendell Boydston, he was resting his twisted ankle overnight in Round Valley. Sunday evening at about 7:30, deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Cabazon Station received a call from his wife, Paula, that he was a missing hiker. Boydston, 60, of La Quinta, had left early Sunday for a…