The San Bernardino National Forest – U.S. Forest Service announced last week “with repair work completed, Black Mountain Road (4S01) near Idyllwild has reopened. Yellow post sites are open but Bolder Basin Campground remains closed due to hazardous trees.” The road was closed as a precaution prior to the last storm season but needed repair…

The Idyllwild Fire Protection District is going to explore a loan for the purchase it made of two ambulances in late February. The acquisition was about $90,000 and more costs are needed to prepare the vehicles for medical use. However, IFPD Finance Committee Chair Nancy Layton, also a fire commissioner, said Fire Chief Patrick Reitz…

Our Charter Membership list, comprising those readers joining during our first Membership year, will close on Aug. 31. But new Members will continue to join during our second year, as existing Members renew their Memberships. In the September 6 issue we will Report to our Members as to just how successful our Membership Model has…

Dissatisfied with the progress of salary negotiations with the Hemet Unified School District, members of the Hemet Teachers Association walked along Florida Avenue in Hemet Saturday carrying signs expressing their disgruntlement. Even mediation has not solved the differences between the district administration and the union. According to a district press release, HTA and HUSD will…

The Riverside County Department of Waste Resources has scheduled a tire event in Idyllwild from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 5. Residents may bring old and unwanted tires — only tires — to the county yard at 25780 Johnson Road that day. This is on the right just beyond the Idyllwild Fire Station. DWR…