Idyllwild Water District customers will begin paying new rates in July following the Board of Directors’ unanimous approval of a 12-percent increase for both water and sewer at its May 22 meeting. For the average residential user, the new water rate will be $27.07, a $2.90 increase from the current level of $24.17. The new…
Idyllwild School Youth Grantmakers, ages 11 t o 13, awarded nearly $4,000 in grants to five local nonprofits …
The national protest against Monsanto Company and its genetically modified food products touched Idyllwild, as well as the nation. Local protest organizers began assembling around 11 a.m. Saturday to prepare signs and placards. About noon, the march of several dozen people started on North Circle Drive and continued to Strawberry Plaza, the location of Harvest…
Last year, in January, my elderly mother lost her check book. When we contacted the bank, they quickly closed her account and opened another one for her. At that point, something went wrong. Instead of moving her money over to the new account, the BBVA adminstration changed her money into a “loan” and began charging…
Idyllwild’s Frank Thompson has been selected to participate in a Memorial Weekend ceremony honoring World War II veterans. The Washington, D.C., event is a tribute to veterans for all the sacrifices they endured. Thompson, a 30-year Navy man, served on the Northhampton and the USS Columbus, as an electronic specialist. He joined the Navy at…
Heartworm is a parasitic roundworm that is transmitted to certain animals (dogs, cats, ferrets and coyotes, for example) only through the bite of an infected mosquito. An uninfected mosquito can bite an already-infected animal and then spread it to other animals it subsequently bites. It takes seven months from the bite for the heartworm to…
Idyllwild Fire Protection Department and Cal Fire crews responded to a tour bus fire on Highway 243 at South Circle Drive across from Idyllwild Storage around 11 a.m. today. Captain Patrick Reitz said there were flames coming from the back sides of the bus when IFPD arrived. A large “boom” heard in town was the…
Recently released data from the quarterly sampling of monitoring wells near the Village Food and Fuel Shell Station continue to detect smaller amounts of hydrocarbons in the soil at the station and nearby. Last month, additional sampling also began near the Chevron station. “We previously approved a work plan for eight monitoring wells at the…
The current count of Goldspotted oak borer infested trees stands at 11, with the majority of those in Idyllwild. On Friday, May 18, crews removed a large infested oak in Pine Cove in the 23000 block of Pine Needles Lane. Because of the size of the oak and proximity to a residence, a crane had…
