

Firefighters Jim Kutch and Paul Riggi.
Photo by Jenny Kirchner



Event marks one year since Mountain Fire
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Idyllwild Fire, Cal Fire and the U.S. Forest Service pose in front of Truck 621 at the Idyllwild Fire Station Sunday afternoon during the one-year anniversary of the Mountain Fire. Photo by Jenny Kirchner





In 2012, Caltrans announced plans to replace the Hurkey Creek Bridge, a 1930s-era relic deemed too narrow for today’s larger and higher-speed vehicles. The $2.5 million project widened the bridge from 23 to 43.5 feet and lengthened the span from 34.1 to 50 feet. One-way traffic, controlled by traffic lights in both directions, was…
Pine Cove Water District General Manager Jerry Holldber plans to provide a detailed report on the district’s water resources — well levels and possible future changes — at the June meeting. “I’ll have a better status of the well recovery rates then. Right now they are producing good,” Holldber stated and advised his board last…
Karin and Richard Greenwood literally built Community Lumber piece by piece, discarding nothing of use and assembling what was needed from what they had …
A steady diet of lizards may explain why the Southern Pacific rattlesnake species in this area has such a highly toxic venom, said a local expert. Dr. William Hayes, professor of biology at Loma Linda University, said research in the San Jacinto, San Gabriel and San Bernardino mountains show that the snake’s venom is unusually…
Author and educator William Selby will be presenting several events in Idyllwild this coming week. He has been touring the state in support of his new book The California Sky Watcher (Heyday.) Sky watching is both an aesthetic or spiritual activity and a scientific one. Sky watching, for Selby, includes “the beauty we love, and…
The Cranston Fire burned thousand of acres around Idyllwild and caused the town to be evacuated. During the fire, several significant events occurred here and elsewhere. Sheriff’s vigilance. One reason many people fear evacuation is the concern that potential looters have been notified that the area is full of vacant houses. Idyllwild Fire Chief praised…