At the Dec. 3 meeting, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors approved a $1 million project to “beautify” Hurkey Creek. Half of the funding will come from a portion of the County’s funding granted from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. The Riverside County Regional Park and Open-Space District will provide the remaining half…

Idyllwild Contemporary Book Club For its inaugural reading, this new book club will launch into Barbara Kingsolver’s “Flight Behavior.” The first meeting is at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 27, at Nature’s Wisdom. For more information, call Gina Genis at 659-6256 …   Idyllwild Garden Club Christine Lampe will talk on bee-friendly gardening at the next…

Neil Cooper, 41, of Idyllwild, has a felony settlement conference scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 9, following an off-Hill arrest in Riverside County and charges on Jan. 6. He is released on bail. He was arrested for making criminal threats and subsequently charged with burglary and criminal threats, both felonies, and enhancements, including use of a…

The Riverside County Fire Chiefs Association has organized a major fire exercise on the Hill for Thursday, May 22. “It will offer several challenges to participant agencies,” said Riverside County Fire Chief John Hawkins. “It will be a rapid response requiring unified command and a communication center, along with resource allocations.” Residents should neither be…