In the second week of the second year of our Membership model, Membership renewals are pouring in. We already have 98 renewed, second-year Members. (They, along with six new members, are a part of our currently 658 active Members.) Thanks to you all! You are demonstrating that our readers want and deserve a continued community…

With the exception of Steve Kunkle, members of the Idyllwild Water District Board of Directors are all new to their positions. They are learning the ropes as they go, and in some areas there is a steep learning curve. During the special meeting of the board on Wednesday, May 24, there was lengthy discussion regarding the pipeline project scheduled for an area including Bicknell, South Circle, and Marian View and a segment of Cedar Street.

Bill and Carolyn to leave for Salzburg posting … Former Idyllwild Arts CEO and headmaster Bill Lowman is the new director of the University of Redlands (Redlands), Salzburg (Austria) Program. Lowman and his wife Carolyn leave in May for a month in Berlin for intensive German study at the Goethe Institute, and for a 2-year…

At 10:45 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, David Lilly, 52, of Beaumont, was riding his 2019 Harley Davidson Street Glide motorcycle southbound on Highway 243, 9/10ths of a mile north of Lake Fulmor, when he failed to negotiate a curve, according to the California Highway patrol. The bike drifted toward the shoulder of the road and…

Last Saturday, the U.S. Forest Service held the first bald eagle count of the winter and spotted bald eagles, but none at Lake Hemet. Local federal and state biologists, in partnership with many volunteers, numbered 38 observers who spotted seven eagles Saturday morning. At both Lake Arrowhead and Big Bear Lake, two adults and an…