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At left, Woodies and ARF volunteers worked together to abate ARF’s new location on Highway 243. The crews had a great time getting the abatement work done. Photos courtesy of Doris Jean Lombard


A fatal motorcycle accident occurred Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017 on State Route 243. About 12:40 p.m., Thai Yang, a 40-year-old male from Banning, was riding a 2009 Yamaha motorcycle southbound on SR-243. He was about 1 mile north Mountain Center, where 243 intersects Highway 74. Vincent Brooks, a 26 year old man from Mountain Center,…
A motorcyclist was injured in a crash just south of Idyllwild Thursday, Jan. 22, according to California Highway Patrol Public Information Officer Darren Meyer. Marcus Wagner, 21, of Moreno Valley, was riding a 2014 Kawasaki Ninja south on Highway 243 just 350 north of the southern intersection of Saunders Meadow Road when he entered a left-hand…
Fire log The Idyllwild Fire Station responded to the following calls Monday to Sunday, May 30 to June 5. Anza • June 4 — Medical aid. Idyllwild • May 30 — Smoke from barbecue, tar kettle. • May 31 — Dispatched & canceled en route. • May 31 — Medical aid. • June 1 —…
County Department of Environmental Health is not prepared to reduce groundwater monitoring at the Village Food and Fuel site (Shell Station) for every monitoring well near the site. While DEH agreed to less frequent monitoring for wells off the site, it required the two wells on the site to be monitored quarterly. After submitting the…
The Idyllwild Fire Department Auxiliary held its organizational meeting last week and the attendees agreed upon a mission statement and a schedule for future meetings …
Feb. 14, 2019 at 9:15 a.m. — Boulders partially blocked both lanes of Highway 243 approximately a mile north of the the USFS station at Alandale, about 3 1/2 miles north of Pine Cove. Photo by Becky Clark