Caltrans will begin work on a $470,000 emergency project to rehabilitate and repave Highway 243 in Idyllwild, weather permitting. The project was awarded to SEMA Construction of San Diego. Crews will be working on Highway 243 from just south of North Circle Drive to just north of Pine Crest Avenue starting Monday, June 26. Hours…
The Idyllwild Rotary Parade Committee has chosen Dr. Marshall Hawkins, co-founder of Jazz in the Pines and founder of the Idyllwild Arts Jazz Department, as the 2023 July 4th Parade grand marshal. The Euphoria Brass Band will follow the grand marshal’s vehicle in the parade line up. Also returning is the University of California Riverside…
By Holly ParsonCorrespondent With the world-renowned Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) in the back country, this stunning collection of gorgeous vistas and character driven stories of lore is an ideal coffee table book for San Jacinto Mountain dwellers. The Pacific Crest Trail Association and Rizzoli New York published “The Pacific Crest Trail — Exploring America’s Wilderness…
Saturday June 17, the weather was perfect, everyone was rocking and many people left happy carrying art they had won at the “Eye of the Artist” and “Call of the Wyld” events. Town Hall’s outdoor stage was the venue for an art gallery and a concert. The “Eye” event is the Art Alliance of Idyllwild’s…
After deliberating since June 1, a Riverside County jury found a 58-year-old Thermal man guilty of a lesser crime in a case where the defendant was charged with murder in a traffic collision where his baby died on Highway 74 near Mile Post Marker 89. He has been incarcerated in the Robert Presley Detention Center…
By Holly ParsonsCorrespondent An unprecedented nature experience sums up the allure of the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT). Each year between March and June, Idyllwild is the first major re-supply hub for migrating hikers from around the world. Beginning at the southern terminus (Mexican border), hikers journey north for 2,650 miles “beyond the pale,” into a…
Ken Dahleen has announced the lineup for the upcoming Idyllwild Summer Concert Series to be extended another week this year at the Butterfield Amphitheater. Opening groups begin at 6:05 p.m. with the headliner at 7 p.m. Thursdays. • July 6 — Frank DiSalvo and The Sundowners (classic country); opening In the Pocket • July 13…
By Holly Parsons, aka DispatchCorrespondent For two hours Dispatch waited for Sunflower [trail name] at the base of Devils Slide that fateful night. She learned from lingering hikers that a group of Europeans were camped above and took solace that he was safe and too exhausted to descend despite his call for pick up earlier…
Idyllwild Arts Foundation presents its annual Native American Arts Festival (NAAF) Week at the Idyllwild Arts campus from Sunday to Friday, June 18 to 23. The weeklong event, which has run each summer for over two decades, is designed to enhance and enrich the Idyllwild Arts Summer Program with Native American arts-based programming, including an…
Use the treasure map below to plan your yard sale adventure.The number at the end of each yard sale listing correspondsto the location number on the map. YARD SALE Thurs. May 25 – Sun. May 28; 8-5 pm. Holiday items, furniture, collectibles, including dolls. Women’s clothes, including Lu LA Rue XXS-4X, Disney, Xmas & Halloween,…
