The County Service Area 38 Advisory Committee will meet at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 15, at the Pine Cove Water District’s board room. The committee will review the second-quarter revenue and expense report and the 2018-19 budget. Old business on the agenda includes the deck cost breakdown for the Pine Cove Fire Station, the status…
Annually, around the first of the year, we review the top 10 stories affecting Idyllwild of the prior year and also list all those we know we lost in the prior year in “Flowers of the Forest.” 2018 proved to be a horrific year for many of us because of the Cranston Fire. But most…
Cal Fire/Riverside County and Idyllwild Fire departments personnel responded to a report of an injured hiker at Humber Park at 11:37 a.m. Friday, Dec. 28. The incident occurred on the Ernie Maxwell Trail. The patient was a 20-year-old male hiking with his family on the icy trail when he lost his footing, according to Cal…
Caltrans is alerting the public that the National Weather Service is predicting rain and snow in Southern California this weekend. Snow elevations will possibly drop to the 4,000-foot level, which will affect all mountain regions in Riverside and San Bernardino counties. Road conditions will be icy in areas affected by snow. Caltrans maintenance crews are…
One crash and a suspected driving under the influence arrest occurred over the last week on Hill holiday roads. At 6:50 p.m. Friday, Dec. 28, Joel Villanueva, 21, of Palm Springs, was driving a gray 2001 Ford Windstar westbound on Highway 74 near mile marker 84.75 when he made an unsafe turning movement causing his…
70 years ago – 1949 The Women’s Association of the Idyllwild Community Church was considering setting up a “bank” of food and clothing for needy families on the Hill. 65 years ago – 1954 Snow finally arrived — 9 to 11 inches of it. It was welcome, for Idyllwild had been through a very dry…
Cal Fire/Riverside County and Idyllwild Fire departments personnel responded to a report of an injured hiker at Humber Park at 11:37 a.m. Friday, Dec. 28. The incident occurred off of the Ernie Maxwell Trail. It is unclear at this time if the patient was a hiker or a climber. The 20-year-old male patient with a…
Idyllwild Post Office Officer in Charge Ray Wilson said since the U.S. Postal Service does not receive any tax dollars, a federal government shutdown predicted for midnight Friday, Dec. 21, will not affect U.S. mail. He said customers can depend on receiving and sending mail as usual. The Idyllwild Post Office will be open from…
Joining or starting a grassroots organization in town to try to improve the lives of its residents and visitors is a noble cause. So many of us care, but are constrained by time, health or other factors so we can’t attend meetings or events surrounding these causes. I’ve noticed with more new people moving into…
Audrey Carver of Idyllwild has joined more than 1,500 undergraduate students from around the world as they begin their academic careers at Tufts University, located in Medford/Somerville, Massachusetts. In all, only 14.6 percent of a record-breaking 21,501 applicants were admitted to the university, the second-lowest acceptance rate in university history. “We often talk about creating…
