Besides bad news about the feasibility of the recycled water project, Idyllwild Water District directors learned that the project to rehabilitate the horizontal wells above Foster Lake has problems. The U.S. Department of Agriculture gave IWD $215,000 in 2015 to rehabilitate these wells and five vertical wells. However, General Manager Jack Hoagland told the board…

The Riverside County Coroner’s Office has identified the fatality in the traffic collision Tuesday as Charles Clayton, 81, of Pine Cove. Clayton’s truck hit a tree at the intersection of Highway 243 and Foster Lake Road. He was injured at 12:10 p.m. and died at 12:33 p.m. at the scene. Clayton, who went by the…

On Friday, Sept. 1, Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the 25000 block of Hotei Lane in Idyllwild, in reference to past residential burglaries. After an extensive investigation, one suspect, Brian Dustin Vowell, 36, of Idyllwild, was arrested on Thursday, Sept. 14, and booked into the county jail for burglary.  Bail was set at $25,000….

Cal Fire/Riverside County and Idyllwild Fire departments personnel responded to a report of an injured hiker at Humber Park at 11:37 a.m. Friday, Dec. 28. The incident occurred off of the Ernie Maxwell Trail. It is unclear at this time if the patient was a hiker or a climber. The 20-year-old male patient with a…