Pride Under the Pines
By Idyllwild Town Crier
Through February — or two-thirds — of the current fiscal year, the Idyllwild Fire Protection District budget is in good condition, according to Commissioner Jerry Buchanan, chair of the Finance Committee. After the first eight months of the fiscal year, which ends June 30, revenues of $1.4 million exceed expenditures by more than $130,000. The…
The airbags deployed after this Chevrolet Avalanche crashed into a tree Monday evening while traveling on Saunders Meadow near Marian View Dr. No one was injured in the solo traffic collision. With extensive front-end damage, the vehicle had to be towed to the Idyllwild Garage.
The Board of the new Idyllwild San Jacinto Regional Fire Authority held its first meeting Thursday evening, June 9. The board is composed of the five-member San Jacinto City Council and the five-member Idyllwild Fire Protection District Commission. While the session last more than three hours, the decision to begin operating the San Jacinto Fire…
While two local water districts — Idyllwild and Pine Cove — are in the midst of a heated campaign for board seats, two other local special districts — Fern Valley Water and Idyllwild Fire Protection — settled the filling of their board seats without needing the August vote-by-mail election. At the July 21 Board of…
Former Idyllwild Water District legal counsel Joe Aklufi was arrested Tuesday, May 17, along with six other former Beaumont city officials. Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin filed charges against all seven former city officials for public corruption. Specifically, Aklufi, the former Beaumont city attorney, was charged with six counts of embezzlement. He is currently…
The Idyllwild Community Recreation Council is about to realize Dawn Sonnier and Emily White’s long-held dream — to have a community playground become the first major construction at the Idyllwild Community Center site. And, not only will the project be completed in a five-day scheduled construction, it will be built by the community it is…
