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Mrs. Longbrook with her delighted kindergarten-1st grade class on the first day of school. Monday morning at Idyllwild School, Principal Matt Kraemer and teachers welcomed about 280 students, a growing enrollment. Photo by Careena Chase


By Stephanie YostContributed As part of its annual governance, the Idyllwild Community Center (ICC) has recently made changes to its board of directors and officers. In December, two of its long-standing board members — Idyllwild resident Wendy Read and Pine Cove resident Barry Wallace — retired from the board. ICC is grateful to them both…
Fire log The Idyllwild Fire Station reported no responses for the week. Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls, Sunday to Saturday, Jan. 24 to 30. Idyllwild • Jan. 24 — Suspicious person, address undefined. Handled by deputy. • Jan. 25 — Suspicious vehicle, Scenic Dr. Handled by…
By U.S. Forest ServiceContributed The Pacific Southwest Region of the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) is moving forward with prescribed fire operations as conditions and resources permit. The San Bernardino National Forest (USFS) will move forward with prescribed burning if and when conditions are safe, according to Zach Behrens, public affairs officer for the San Bernardino…
When we woke up this morning, there was about 4 inches of snow. since then another two have fallen. The main roads are cleared and many of the secondary are already plowed too. The National Weather Service’s short forecast for today was posted about “through 1130 am…light rain and snow showers will continue moving east…
Emergency personnel responded to a three-vehicle traffic collision just after 2:15 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 19, on Highway 74 north of Vista Point. Michael Kaplan, 54, of La Jolla, driving a Dodge Avenger westbound, attempted to pass — over double-yellow lines — Michael Rein, 69, of Idyllwild, driving a Subaru Forester, according to California Highway Patrol’s…
Even during this COVID winter, the weekend traffic up here makes clear that visitors will come flocking as the virus fades, and we Hill folk are itching to get out and about again ourselves.Of course, this means Hill businesses and organizations need to get reopening information to these folk ahead of time to take advantage…