

Man slips, falls on icy path at Lake Fulmor
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Hill businesses and institutions that will be closed Saturday, July 4, to observe Independence Day.
Criminal activity — theft, burglaries and vandalism — has increased in Idyllwild over the last three weeks, although nothing in raw numbers that approaches off-the-Hill crime statistics. But for Idyllwild, the increase in criminal activity in a short time period is significant. According to Sgt. Robert Duckett, investigator at Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station,…
The Lake Hemet Municipal Water District board of directors extended its management contract for Lake Hemet Campground with The California Parks Company, Urban Parks Concessionaires. The extension, containing the same terms as the original contract, runs through Friday, Nov. 30, 2014. The water district board had previously placed a notice of termination for UPC’s contract…
Members of the Riverside County Mountain Rescue Unit helped an exhausted and stranded Pacific Crest Trail hiker to safety. Robert Davis, a 70-year old hiker, from Winchester, Tennessee, was on his first Pacific Crest Trail trek and after a month on the trail, he began to experience fatigue, dehydration and weariness. By Thursday, May 1,…
Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, July 30 to Aug. 5. Idyllwild • July 30 — 911 call, 11:05 a.m., Cowbell Alley. Handled by deputy. • July 30 — Civil dispute, 12:18 p.m., Rockdale Dr. Handled by deputy. • July 30 — Public disturbance,…
A smattering of rain and snow fell on the Hill last week. Rainfall totaled between 0.25 and 0.34 inches from Mountain Center to Pine Cove. While the snowfall in Garner Valley and further south was more than an inch and Pine Cove recorded half an inch, Idyllwild barely saw a light covering, insufficient to declare…