There were two vehicle crashes on Hill roads over the last week, California Highway Patrol Public Information Officer Darren Meyer reports. At 12:10 a.m. on Thursday, April 11, Aaron Thames, 44 from Idyllwild, was driving a gray 2018 Toyota Prius westbound on Highway 74, a half-mile west of May Valley Road when, for unknown reasons,…

In November 2021, Andrew “Andy” Smith of Idyllwild has received the National Wilderness Stewardship Alliance (NWSA) Agency Partnership Award. The award, according to the NWSA website, is “to recognize an agency employee or unit which has demonstrated outstanding ability to work with wilderness stewardship organizations to improve the stewardship of their wilderness areas.” Anitra Kass,…

The Idyllwild Fire commissioners have decided to draft a measure to raise the current $65 parcel fee. At their Tuesday, Feb. 23 meeting, commissioners discussed the purpose and needs for more revenue. They asked their Finance Committee, which Commissioner Nancy Layton chairs, to begin putting these general ideas and goals into specific language and justification….

The approaching El Niño weather has drawn attention from the federal down to the local level. In September, the local Mountain Disaster Preparedness group held a meeting that attracted more than 100 people to hear about the forecast of a wet winter. Riverside County has initiated plans. All fall, Cal Trans and the county Transportation…

Desmond Palmer, 34, of Hemet, died in the 45000 block of Sage Road in Aguanga at 4:45 p.m. Sunday, March 27, 25 minutes after being injured in a traffic collision on Sage Road, 365 feet north of Tyler Street. A family member on Facebook said he was riding a motorcycle. San Bernardino National Forest (SBNF)…