JP CrumrineCorrespondent Riverside County officials — Board of Supervisors, Planning and Code Enforcement, and the grand jury — have been grappling with revising the current policy for regulating short-term rentals (STRs). The board formally initiated the effort to revise the STR policy (Ordinance 927) in February 2020 and has been overseeing the progress. A grand…

Participants crowd the starting line for the beginning of the 5K Run at Saturday’s annual Idyllwild 5K and 10K Fitness Run and Walk.

Prompted by hate crime attacks in 2010, a series of community dialogue meetings began to consider if and how to respond to these incidents. So far, two groups have emerged from these meetings to address the underlying issues — one, for family mentoring, will teach participants the skills to assist at-risk families using a format…

With the retirement of Bob McCullough from the management of local radio station WNKI, Idyllwild Fire Chief Patrick Reitz is working with RACES President Bill Tell and Director Rick Foster to continue the station’s operation. However Reitz would appreciate some feedback from the community on whether WNKI provides value to us — both permanent and…