Last month, the California Department of Education released the spring 2018 test results for the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress in English Language arts and mathematics. Idyllwild School students exceeded both the statewide and Hemet Unified School District results in both English and mathematics. Statewide, in all tested grades, 49.9 percent of students…

Ten businesses are Town Crier Members:  Baily Winery; The Family Business (tax preparation); Everitt’s Minerals & Gallery; Fern Valley Inn; Idyllwild Backhoe; Idyllwild Vacation Rentals; Middle Ridge Winery Tasting Gallery; The Red Kettle (restaurant); Sandlin & Son Refrigeration; and Sub Rosa Apothecary. Also, three nonprofit organizations and two public agencies have joined as Members: Idyllwild…

Water supply and conditions are fine in the Pine Cove Water District, General Manager Jerry Holldber told the directors at the Feb. 11 meeting. “We’re back down on [water] production,” he reported. “Well no. 10 [the district’s monitoring well] has stayed at the same level.” January water production was nearly 20 percent less than a…

The Idyllwild Water District (IWD) is looking for another general manager. When Acting General Manager Mitch Freeman stepped into the position after the sudden resignation of former General Manager Darren Milner Nov. 17, 2019, who left after only a month on the job, IWD Board President Dr. Charles Schelly wrote in an email to the…