Idyllwild Fire The Idyllwild Fire Protection District responded to these calls from Sunday to Saturday, Dec. 17 to 30. • Dec. 17 — EMS, transport. Fern Valley Rd. • Dec. 18 — EMS, transport. Circle Dr. • Dec. 19 — EMS. Rim Rock Rd. • Dec. 19 — Rescue, EMS incident. Fern Valley Rd. •…

On Wednesday night, Sept. 12, three chainsaws were taken from the trailer on the Idyllwild HELP Center property. The Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council’s Woodies contingent stores its equipment, which is used to cut and split firewood for the HELP Center’s clientele, in the trailer. This is second attack on the Woodies’ equipment. Earlier this…

By Becky Clark Editor             An Idyllwild man was killed in a solo-vehicle collision on the Fourth of July.             Erik Mortensen, 39, of Idyllwild, was driving his black 2019 Harley-Davidson bobber motorcycle on Highway 74, 140 feet east of mile post marker 49.5, near the Bee Canyon Truck Trailhead near Valle Vista. California Highway Patrol Officer Jeff…

On Oct. 25, 2022, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors agreed to impose a moratorium on issuing new certificates for short-term rentals (STRs) in the Idyllwild, Pine Cove and Wine Country areas of Riverside County. The moratorium on issuing new certificates was to last until Sept. 9, 2023. Before the moratorium deadline, the county has…