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Photos: St. Patrick’s Day in Idyllwild
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Pentagrams&Daisies (Colin Garth-Smith and Monica Sierras) perform Irish rock at Idyll Awhile on Sunday as a pre-St. Paddy’s Day party. Photo by Dea Remo





On Sunday, the Idyllwild American Legion Post 800 veterans and their families honored the service of all U.S. military veterans …
The Idyllwild Indivisibles brought two guest speakers to town last week. While both work for private groups, as part of their jobs, they regularly interact with politics. Beth Caskie, a labor representative for the California School Employees Association, and Jono Hildner, the political chair for the San Gorgonio Chapter of the Sierra Club, spoke to…
The closures of Highway 74 from Mountain Center to Hemet and Highway 243 north to Banning have created burdens for Idyllwild residents. Local high school students and school personnel have shuttles to and from Hemet available, but these leave at 5 a.m. Local businesses have multiple problems. First, much fewer visitors and tourists are coming…
At 2 p.m., May 18, the National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory for the Hill. This is true, and not a May Fool’s joke. The Advisory is from 5 a.m., Sunday, May 20 through 5 a.m., Monday, May 21. The NWS warns, “A late season storm will create periods of snowfall Sunday and…
Late Saturday afternoon, officials from the Idyllwild Fire Department were alerted to a body on the Butterfield Commons at Strawberry Creek, the future home of the Idyllwild Community Center, and the Sheriff’s Department confirmed the location where the body was found. Late Sunday, the Riverside County Coroner’s office released the following information. The deceased was…
Sheriff’s logThe Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Saturday to Friday, April 24 to 30. Idyllwild• Apr. 24 — Suspicious circumstance, 12:06 a.m. Hopkins Dr. Handled by deputy.• Apr. 24 — Recovery of stolen vehicle, 6:32 a.m. 54000 block of Pine Crest Ave. Report taken.• Apr. 24 — Alarm call,…