

MDP trains Idyllwild School children
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Lisa Draper’s fourth grade students transport an “injured person” to the triage area during a Mountain Disaster Preparedness exercise held on Wednesday morning. The students from left to right are: Kate Taylor, Olivia Hernandez, David Cohen, Maggie McKimson, Emma Johnston, Destiny Mikroulis, Pierce Pramuka and Sidney Tschuor. Photo by Careena Chase


The Idyllwild Shuttle Bus has arrived. Funded from a Riverside County Transportation grant and Supervisor Chuck Washington, the local shuttle makes three round-trip runs between Pine Cove and Mountain Center four days a week. Beginning Sept. 29, the bus will operate five days a week, Monday through Friday, for six weeks, then the usage and…
65 years ago – 1949 The Will Stevensons lugged sacks of walnut hulls from their Hemet ranch to assure the squirrels a frisky Christmas. 60 years ago – 1954 Five Oceanside high school boys were lodged in Riverside juvenile hall Monday night after a shoplifting spree on the Hill. 55 years ago –…
“Last Saturday’s Pine Cove Clean Up was a successful first step to help property owners in Pine Cove rid their property of unsightly trash,” said Pine Cove Property Owners Association President Richard Schwartz.PCPOA and Pine Cove Water District co-sponsored the one-day event.PCPOA members even picked up trash from the curbs of property owners who were…
Molly Cozens, president of the local Philanthropic Educational Organization (PEO) chapter, heard in August that the U.S. Capitol Christmas tree was coming from Eureka. “… there was a suggestion to send handmade ornaments, with a suggestion they be made of natural resources from our state,” she said. The PEO requisitioned Denise Van Herpen of The…
By U.S. Forest ServiceContributed The Pacific Southwest Region of the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) is moving forward with prescribed fire operations as conditions and resources permit. The San Bernardino National Forest (USFS) will move forward with prescribed burning if and when conditions are safe, according to Zach Behrens, public affairs officer for the San Bernardino…
Valana Marcus, an eighth grader at Idyllwild School, was chosen student of the week for always doing her personal best. Photo by Jay Pentrack