PHOTOS: LeAnn Rimes headlines Living Free event
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Off the Main Roads: Making a safe cuppa joe in the high country …
With crisp fall days on the way in the high country, cooking up a mug of some steaming hot coffee on my little MSR stove is pure backpacking heaven. However, a camp stove can also be very dangerous if used carelessly. Here are a few strategies to keep you safe and your tummy satisfied. Check…
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Creature Corner: Oct. 11, 2012
Three little kittens sitting in a tree. Pick me, pick me meowed Misty, Twilight, and Sushi. First came love, then came the crate, and now all three are sitting with me. And that’s what their forever human sang as she scooped up some forever kitty love to enjoy their very own cattery and their very…
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Opinion: The season of no!
There’s a difference between an optimist and a conman. I do know Republicans and Democrats alike are not optimists. Both are fixed upon exploitation, it’s just a matter of which 47 percent. Both believe in entitlements for their protected classes. What a crock! Send them both a message. Vote “No” on propositions 30, 31, 32…
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Idyllwild School celebrates “896”
Idyllwild School students form the figure “896” which is their predicted API score. This is the highest Idyllwild has achieved …
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Measure U: HUSD funding
The Hemet Unified School District is requesting reauthorization of $49 million worth of borrowing power. Measure U, on the November ballot, would allow the district to borrow the funds at a lower rate than the current bonding authorizations provide, thus saving money. In 2006, district voters approved Measure T, which authorized $149 million of borrowing….
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State fire fee challenged in court
Litigation to nullify the $150 state fire fee was filed Thursday. The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association filed the class action suit in Superior Court in Sacramento alleging the fee is really a tax and as a tax, the state Legislature did not legally approve it. Plaintiffs include a resident of the desert, a fire station…
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MacArthur grant recipients have Idyllwild connections
Two of 23 MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant recipients for 2012 have Idyllwild connections — mandolin virtuoso, singer and composer Chris Thile grew up in Idyllwild and showed talent as a musician at a very early age. Thile is a New York City resident currently on a national tour with the Punch Brothers. Claire Chase,…
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Taxi goes over highway’s edge
Idyllwild Fire Protection District responded to an over-the-side motor vehicle on Highway 243 betweenMarian View Drive and Saundeers Meadow Road at approximately 9:50 a.m. Friday, Oct. 5. IFPD personnel found a single car off the road, approximately 40 feet over the embankment, with two occupants. CAL FIRE engines 23 and 53, along with California…
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INK marks Banned Books Week with series of events
Art Connor reads Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl” at INK’s Banned Book Read-in on Saturday, Oct. 5 …
