
Photo by Jenny Kirchner
The IAA class of 2015
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The Idyllwild Arts Academy class of 2015 celebrates after they receive their diplomas and turn their tassels. For the first time in history, the school’s senior graduation was moved into IAF Theatre due to inclement weather on Saturday morning.

Planning department to decide Thursday April 7, members of the Idyllwild Historic Preservation District (IHPD) Local Review Board (LRB) held a special meeting to consider the retroactive application by the proprietors of Wild Idy to allow the murals that adorn the chimney on their 54340 North Circle Drive business and the fence surrounding their next-door…
The Idyllwild Fire Protection District (IFPD) commission put out a request for proposal (RFP) for legal counsel. The commission held a meeting to interview the two responding firms — Cole Huber and Varner & Brandt — on Oct. 29. Unfortunately, the item will be revisited at the Nov. 26 commission board meeting because only three…
Although Idyllwilders may know Mick Lynch as part of the Irish musical ensemble Two Micks and a Chick, and for his spoken word performances, he is reaching new audiences as the director of the theater troupe Old Tyme Radio, which brings a new radio play to Middle Ridge Winery (almost) every month. Larry Kawano has…
By Becky Clark Editor The Riverside County Coroner’s Office reported that Fred Robles, 45, of Idyllwild, was found dead in a ravine near Highway 243 about 0.4 miles south of Westley Street in Banning Wednesday, Nov. 1. It was unknown when Robles died. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said the cause of death was blunt…
MDP hosts community meeting to discuss options Do you need or have a generator when a power outage occurs again on the Hill? The question does not ask if a power outage will occur, but when. Southern California Edison has already announced that its future policies will lean toward more frequently planned public-safety power shutoffs, independent…
A new committee of about 10 local residents has been constituted to develop a plan for the anticipated Idyllwild Community Center (ICC). The group, currently headed by Bill Sanborn, with Bill Lowman in the wings, began meeting, discussing and planning in July. “We are a new group with renewed vigor,” Sanborn said with a smile….