75 years ago – 1948 In a playoff in Palms Springs, Butler’s Nutcrackers defeated the Register Ragdolls to become Women’s Bowling League champs. 70 years ago – 1953 The first light snow of the season hit the mountain area. 65 years ago – 1958 To mark “Double Tenth,” or Chinese New Year, Mary Nelson announced…

Idyllwild Water District has filed a $50,000 lawsuit against Director Steven Kunkle of the IWD board, alleging negligence when he was an employee of the district. The suit alleges that when Kunkle was the Sewer Department chief operator (also known as wastewater supervisor) he, for several years, allowed hydraulic fluid to leak from a piece…

Prescribed burning operations in the San Jacinto Ranger District of the San Bernardino National Forest will begin in the next few week, according to a U.S. Forest Service release. Firefighters will be burning slash and debris piles adjacent to Forest Service fire stations. Signs will be posted along the roadways to alert passersby to the…