
Photo by Steven King
Pups learn snake safety
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This pup learned his lesson quickly and wants nothing to do with the live rattlesnake (foreground). The pup and owner were at Rattlesnake Aversion Training for Dogs, which Natural Solutions offered Saturday, June 9, at Idyllwild County Park.

The elusive flying squirrel is the target of the San Diego Natural History Museum and the museum is recruiting “citizen scientists” in its search for the elusive squirrel on the Hill. For several years, SDNHM has worked with residents in the San Bernardino Mountains to capture photos and videos of the nocturnal creature. Now the…
With Idyllwild Water District General Manager Leo Havener absent from the board of directors meeting Wednesday, Sept. 15, the directors may have set a record for a meeting time of about 30 minutes compared to two or more hours. The board met again at the Idyllwild Library with Director Steve Kunkle also absent while the…
As of Tuesday morning, Nov. 15, in Riverside County about 94,000 ballots from Election Day Nov. 8 remain to be counted. About 10,000 of these ballots are provisional. Based on total ballots already counted and the uncounted ballots, turnout in Riverside County appears to have been about 41%. While the leaders from election night have…
Were the posted signs demanding resignations of three Idyllwild Water District directors and a new general manager the reason chaos has arrived at the district’s door step? From Monday to Friday, Tom Lynch, the general manager, Jim Billman, the president of the board of directors and Mike Freitas, a board director, all submitted their resignations….
Editor’s note: In the June 2011 Grand Jury report, item no. 5 stated, “A Board Member has an arrangement as a paid on call firefighter, EMT, or pump operator for the Fire District. This is a conflict as this Board Member is the Fire Chief’s superior as stated in AR IFPD #107 and when working…
One crash and a suspected driving under the influence arrest occurred over the last week on Hill holiday roads. At 6:50 p.m. Friday, Dec. 28, Joel Villanueva, 21, of Palm Springs, was driving a gray 2001 Ford Windstar westbound on Highway 74 near mile marker 84.75 when he made an unsafe turning movement causing his…