The annual Town Hall Health Fair will once again offer free flu shots to Hill residents, said Dr. Dick Goldberg. From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, approximately 110 to 150 shots will be available. Each year, residents line up early to receive the free shots, and given the limited number available, those…

At its first meeting since the playground dedication on June 17, the board of the Idyllwild Community Recreation Council announced its plan for maintaining and repairing it. “It’s community built so the community should maintain it,” said ICRC acting chair Dawn Sonnier. The board clarified that money left in the budget for maintenance would be…

The Pine Cove Water District directors unanimously authorized General Manager Jerry Holldber to sign the new lease with American Tower. They are leasing space for communications equipment at the district’s Rocky Point Communications site. American Tower is replacing Verizon on the new lease. Once formally signed, PCWD will receive a one-time $20,000 signing bonus. In…

The spate of recent fires dominated the discussion at the recent Idyllwild Fire Protection District commission meeting. IFPD was very busy during each of them, Chief Patrick Reitz reported. Often the department was receiving more than two calls per minute with questions about the fires’ status. While IFPD was a cooperating agency during the Mountain…