The Idyllwild Fire Protection District commission appointed Patrick Reitz as the next idyllwild Fire Chief. The vote was 4-0, Commissioner Jerry Buchanan was absent. Reitz was was the Fire Chief and Emergency Services Director for the City of Sheridan, Wyoming. He was laid off from this position in February 2012 to help the city save…
Joe and Ann Thomas have been camping at the Idyllwild Park for more than 15 years and decided to spend the Independence Day holiday at the park …
Assembly Bill 341, which the California Legislature passed and Gov. Jerry Brown signed in October 2011, requires any business, multifamily residential dwelling of five or more units, industrial facility, and school or special district that generates more than four cubic yards of solid waste per week to recycle. Although the law’s regulations and requirements took…
California Highway Patrol Officer Ron Esparza said a solo traffic collision occurred around 12 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon. Kathryn Ramsey Fagan, 63, of Hemet, was heading west on Highway 74 near mile marker 57 in her 2005 Nissan Murano when she missed a turn and catapulted 20 to 30 feet into the air landing about…
On Saturday, July 7, Idyllwild Fire Protection District 621 surprised the kids and arrived at the Dream Big event …
Anne Kellogg, Expressive Art Therapist (second from left), offered a day of meditation, movement, writing and art on Saturday at Spirit Mountain Retreat Center.
As of Friday, June 29, and as the seasonal fire danger rises, forest officials are increasing fire use restrictions in the San Bernardino National Forest. This past winter the forest experienced less than average winter snow and rainfall, and the seasonal outlook expects a warmer and drier summer this year with below average summer “monsoonal”…
Last weekend families of U.S. Navy servicemen and women stationed on the San Diego-based aircraft carrier Carl Vinson had the opportunity to greet their loved ones, board the Vinson and go 40 miles out to sea and watch carrier-based aircraft take off and land. Steve and Margie Johnson and family members met up with son…
At the June 20 special meeting of the County Service Area 38 Advisory Committee meeting, Idyllwild Fire Commissioner Dr. Charles “Chip” Schelly addressed the committee and the community lamenting the lack of agreement, comity and teamwork between Pine Cove and the Idyllwild Fire Department. He suggested investigating ways in which Pine Cove residents might have…
The Community Presbyterian Church hosted many artists on Saturday at their annual Arts & Crafts fair …
