Melissa Wilson, a teacher at Idyllwild Arts Academy for the past 12 years, has a daughter, Amara, 14, with Type 1 diabetes. Amara has had the disease since age 2-1/2. Mother and daughter, who live on campus, are raising funds to for a diabetes alert service dog to help keep Amara safe and healthier overall….

On Thursday, Sept. 8, the County Service Area 36 Advisory Committee held its monthly meeting to review its responsibilities for overseeing recreation and street lights in the district. Facing the committee and the community is the likelihood that Town Hall will be listed for sale by the Johnson family. Town Hall is currently the primary…

            Brandon McGlover (33), who was charged with starting the Cranson Fire in July 2018, has pleaded guilty.             McGlover pleaded guilty to two counts of arson, Penal code 451.5 (c), which is burning of a structure or forest land.             “In count one, which is the Cranston Fire, he admitted to an allegation of…

Highway 243 has one-lane traffic in front of Keenwild Guard Station in Mountain Center today. The U.S. Forest Service and Caltrans are removing dead trees from the July 2013 Mountain Fire burn area. About a quarter-mile east of the Mixing Station on Highway 74, traffic also has slowed to one lane due to Caltrans work…