On Tuesday, July 14, local business owners and interested residents met to consider common challenges facing the Idyllwild business community. Most of the approximately 40 attendees agreed the greatest challenge was to increase promotion of Idyllwild off the Hill in order to attract most visitors and more business. Brendan Collier of Hub Cyclery summed it…

When a state of emergency is declared for an area, price gouging is prohibited anywhere in the state where there is increased consumer demand as a result of the declared emergency. The Cranston Fire was declared a state of emergency by both Gov. Jerry Brown and President Donald Trump. A business cannot raise its rates…

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released a preliminary report on the helicopter crash that took the lives of Cal Fire Assistant Chief and Idyllwild native Josh Bischof, Cal Fire Capt. Tim Rodriguez and contract pilot Tony Souza. The crash occurred while Bischof and Rodriguez were responding to the Broadway Fire, near Cabazon, Sunday…

Depleting their treasury by nearly half, the Pine Cove Property Owners Association handed out more than $7,000 to nearly a dozen local organizations on Saturday. Both the Idyllwild HELP Center and the Idyllwild Area Historical Society were beneficiaries of $1,000 checks. (See the accompanying list for the complete list of awards.) American Medical Response, the…