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Initial Thoughts: Benefits of Sunshine week tarnishes feds …
From Sunday, March 11, through Saturday, March 17, we celebrate and honor Sunshine Week. For those unfamiliar with this event, Sunshine Week is a national initiative to promote a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information. Sunshine Week was launched by the American Society of News Editors in March 2005. This…
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Riverside County jail system gets $100 million grant
Riverside County received a $100 million grant to expand its jail system, only one of three California counties to receive the maximum grant from the California Corrections Standards Authority. The grant will be used for construction, not staffing, and requires the county to come up with a 10 percent or $10 million match in cash…
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Idyllwild snow alert: Warming may open
If a cold and heavy snowfall storm, predicted for this weekend, does occur, the Idyllwild Warming Center located at the American Legion Post 800, 54360 Marian View Dr., could open if its criteria are met. If the center does open, Mountain Disaster Preparedness will alert its network. Folks needing assistance can also call the Idyllwild…
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Idyllwild man pleads guilty to burglary
In Riverside Superior Court, Matthew James Subish, 38, of Idyllwild pleaded guilty to a felony burglary charge. Prosecutors dismissed the charge of purchase or receiving a stolen vehicle. Subish was arrested on Oct. 11, 2011, after Tracy Philippi stopped the burglary in progress on Scenic Drive in Idyllwild. Deputies came and arrested Subish. After Subish…
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Groundwater steering committee forms in Anza
The Anza Municipal Advisory Council was set to review 16 applications for a new Groundwater Management Steering Committee at its Wednesday, March 14, meeting. The Council would review, recommend or reject applicants for an 11- to 15-member committee, balanced to include representation from residents, agriculture, community groups, tribes, business development, and water and utilities in…
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Obituary: Morton S. Boss
Morton S. Boss passed away Friday, March 2, 2012, at home in Brea, Calif., after more than a year and a half of fighting cancer. Born in 1939, he lived in Idyllwild from 1945 until 1961 when he moved to Brea. He married Peggie Granger, also an Idyllwild resident, in 1961. No services are planned….
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Opinion: Regretfully
What should be provided by public governance and the private sector to the people of this mountain? And what grave injustices are being committed by the institutions, the people who serve them, those who seek change and those who engage in efforts to remain the same through exploitations of our subpopulations, whether it be neighborhoods…
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Sports Roundup: Town Hall Adult Volleyball Championship
The last week of volleyball kicked off with a game Monday between the Idyllwild Garage and Forest Lumber. The Garage played relaxed since they had already wrapped up first place for the playoffs. The Garage won the first two games but Forest Lumber came back to win the third game with great teamwork. The Garage went on to win the fourth game and the match. (25-16, 25-17, 20-25, 25-19)
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Sports Roundup: Town Hall Youth Basketball Championships
Town Hall Sports Coordinator Jeremy Teeguarden reported on youth basketball for both the College League (kindergarten through third-grade) and the Pro League (third- through sixth-grade) for the week of March 5. College League (Kindergarten through third-grade) The College League playoffs started on Monday with the Idyllwild Vacation Rentals Wolverines playing the Gastrognome Gators. The game…
