Idyllwild Water District will move to a Stage 2 Water Shortage Emergency on Sunday, Sept. 1. General Manager Terry Lyons made the recommendations to the Board of Directors at the July 24 meeting. “Foster Lake is at a 3-foot depth at the deepest part of the lake,” Lyons reported to the board. He also said…

The Idyllwild Fire District’s Finance Committee held a brief meeting Monday afternoon. The first item was public comments and Jeff Smith of Pine Cove, pointed out that the posted and distributed agenda said the meeting was “Wednesday, July 7” instead of “Monday.” Since the public might be confused as to the actual meeting date, Smith…

The application for an alteration to a designated historic property under the purview of the Idyllwild Historic Preservation District’s Local Review Board is available through the Riverside County Planning Department and online at the department’s “Forms and Applications” page. It is listed alphabetically. Go to “h” and select “Historic District Alteration Permit.” Or go directly…

An injured hiker was hoisted by a CAL FIRE/Riverside County Fire rescue copter from Falls Trail, in a remote area of the San Bernardino Wilderness on Mt. San Jacinto. The hiker had sustained minor to moderate injuries. The incident was reported at 3:43 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 29 and the rescue was effected thereafter. CAL…

Monitoring of underground leakage of petroleum products is continuing near and around the Chevron Station in Idyllwild. RM Environmental Inc. of Calimesa continues to monitor the site semi-annually for the presence of various hydrocarbons. The latest results, reported last month, detected total petroleum hydrocarbons, including methyl-tertiary-butyl ether, benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes on the site…