The storied Idyllwild Inn has changed ownership. Long-time residents and community pillars Josh and Emily White will be leaving town for Montana. New owners David and Lois Butterfield will be partnering with Shane Stewart, whose team will be managing the business. Stewart said guests at the inn will see “no change at all in the…

On Monday morning, Oct. 14, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 2X-1, which is intended to help prevent gas price spikes and to improve overall fuel supply in California. Earlier that morning the Assembly approved the bill after the State Senate had amended it slightly when it passed the bill Friday, Oct. 11. This bill…

A Pine Cove man suffered 2nd degree burns to his upper body from a water heater explosion and was flown to a local hospital. The man was a walk-in to Cal Fire’s Pine Cove Station 23 Saturday at 11:39 a.m. No further information was available.

Due to consistently low attendance, Town Hall recently cancelled the primary-school, after-care program for the coming year. Idyllwild Community Center Program Director Bob Lewis and ICC Recreation Committee Chair Pete Capparelli assure Idyllwild parents that the afterschool Kinder Program will continue in the fall in its current format. Scott Payne, coordinator of Hemet Unified School…