At a specially called board meeting last week, Geoffrey Caine and Peter Szabadi were both appointed to fill vacancies on the Idyllwild Water District Board of Directors. Directors John Cook and June Rockwell resigned in December, bringing the number of directors to three from the authorized board of five members. Three people applied to join…

The Idyllwild Community Fund has awarded nearly $15,000 to eleven different local organizations. A reception honoring the recipients will be 6 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 27 at the Rainbow Inn.   This year’s grantees include familiar and oft recognized organizations such as the Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council’s Woodies contingent as well as the art program…

During March 2023, the Hill has experienced a very consistent weather pattern. Rainstorms, of varying strength, arrived Monday or Tuesday and moved east by Wednesday night or Thursday morning. The last week of March was no different, but this pattern may be changing, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). As of April 1 (no…

Once again the holiday weather was a good reflection of the season — winter. By the time 2019 arrived, rain and snow had fallen over the Hill. However, the interesting result was that the more southern locales were wetter than the northern ones. More than half an inch of rain was reported at Thomas Mountain…