
Photos by Leslie Schelly

Boy Scouts do good deed
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On Saturday, March 21, several fellow Boy Scouts and adults participated in Chad Schelly’s project helping Town Hall. From left are Jeff Bradshaw, Ana Bradshaw, Aislynn and Rosemary Bradshaw, Chip Schelly, Aidan Young, Chad Schelly, Matt Huff, Elder Franson, Elder Pennell, Mitchell Romeril, Tristan Wettlauffer, Christian Huff and Jonah Bradshaw.


This Saturday, October 4, is the day for Red Cross of Riverside County’s “Sound the Alarm” free smoke alarm installation and home fire education event in Idyllwild and Pine Cove. The event will be appointment based, so it is vital that residents interested in the program sign up via the website or phone number below. …
By Tony McReynolds Maybe they think, “Hey, it’s the woods, nobody’s going to step in it.” Or, “Hey, it’ll decompose and help fertilize the ground.” Or, “Hey, bears go in the woods and nobody picks up their poop. What’s the difference?” The difference is their diet. Bears don’t eat commercial dog food (unless they’ve stumbled…
Wildfire knows no boundaries. It doesn’t care about religion or politics; it destroys whatever is in its path. Seven homes and five other structures were destroyed in the recent Cranston Fire, along with more than 13,000 acres. Victims of six of the homes lost have GoFundMe websites for those who want to donate to helping…
The Riverside County Board of Supervisors has approved the request from the Idyllwild Fire Protection District for an advance of its property tax revenue. IFPD requested an advance of $350,000 from the county in June. The advance will be repaid, with interest, in December and January when Riverside County makes its first allocation of property…
Mark DeAntonio, 53, of Pine Cove, who was charged in June with negligently discharging a firearm, has had several hearings in January regarding his attorney’s request for a mental health diversion. Penal Code sections 1001.35 and 1001.36 authorize this review, according to the public defender’s request. The latest scheduled court hearing was to be Feb….