

Stone gets Idyllwild’s help in run for State Senate
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Peter Capparelli (left) and Dr. Richard Goldberg (right) hosted a fundraiser for State Senate District 28 candidate Jeff Stone (center) currently Riverside County 3rd District Supervisor.

Idyllwild FireThe Idyllwild Fire Protection District recently responded to the following calls. • July 26 — Steam, vapor, fog or dust thought to be smoke, 8:05 a.m. Double View Dr.• July 26 — Steam, vapor, fog or dust thought to be smoke, 12:45 p.m. Double View Dr.• July 26 — Public service assist, 4:20 p.m….
Shutdown is an opportunity Editor: As troublesome as the government shutdown has been, it’s just a taste of things to come if we default on the debt. Congress periodically (including this Oct. 17) has battles on whether to raise the debt ceiling or default on our debt. That’s why it is imperative that we write…
After several months of discussion, the directors of the Idyllwild Water District approved an ordinance for mandatory recycled water use. The new ordinance mandates the use of recycled water “for the following purposes: agricultural irrigation, construction use, landscape irrigation, landscape and or recreation impoundments and wildlife habitat.” The board also declared the use of…
Firefighters from the Idyllwild Fire Protection District (IFPD), Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department Stations 23 and 72 and the U.S. Forest Service – San Bernardino National Forest responded to a house fire on West Ridge Road Sunday afternoon. Initially, the call came in at 2:07 p.m. as a structure fire on Saunders Meadow Road at…
A torrential rainstorm passed over the Hill Thursday, July 30. The U.S. Forest Service’s Keenwild Ranger Station recorded 1.13 inches of rain between 1:30 p.m. and about 6 p.m. This 50 percent more than the long-term average of .7 inches of rain during the entire month of July. In 2015, Keenwild has received about 3.4…
A two-vehicle traffic collision with minor injuries just north of Saunders Meadow Road on Highway 243 has created one-lane traffic this afternoon. Gabriel Michelle Roberts, 52, of Hemet, was traveling northbound in a Subaru Outback, according to CHP Officer Ron Esparza, when she veered into the southbound lane. Michael Curtis Loften, 18, of Mountain Center,…