Idyllwild School has some big changes happening as the end of the school year approaches. Three of the school’s staff members have made it to retirement, moving onto the next chapter of their lives. After making huge impacts with the students, staff, faculty and families, Tim Bashor, custodian, Diana Kirkham, elementary teacher, and Health Technician…

Rain started falling on the Hill hours before sunrise Thursday, Nov. 29, and continued into the next morning. By noon Friday, about 2.16 inches had been recorded at the Idyllwild Fire Station. The U.S. Forest Service’s Keenwild Ranger Station had received about 2 inches of rain. The higher elevations did receive snow, which could be…

In other races of local interest, incumbent Democrat Rep. Dr. Raul Ruiz retained his Congressional District 36 seat despite the Republican wave throughout the country. He defeated Republican challenger Assemblyman Brian Nestande by about 9,500 votes out of the 126,000 cast in this race. From the initial vote-by-mail posted results Tuesday evening through Saturday’s totals,…

On Wednesday, April 4, at about 5:15 p.m., Dustin Blair, a 40-year-old man from Mira Loma, was riding a copper-colored 2013 Harley Davidson motorcycle eastbound on Highway 74, just east of Ribbonwood Drive in Mountain Center. The collision occurred near the unincorporated community of Pinyon Pines. Christopher Fife, 46, of Mountain Center, was driving a…