Silver Pines Lodge hosts ARF benefit
A silent auction was not so quiet as residents review the many items offered during Animal Rescue Friends (ARF) benefit auction held at Silver Pines Lodge on Sunday, Aug. 14.
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Obituary: Inez M. Wilson
Inez “Inie” M. Wilson, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 10, at home with families and friends by her side. She was 96 years old. She was born March 20, 1915, in Deadhead Lake, Minn., to Manual and Florence Elwess. She spent most of her young life in the San Jacinto Valley. She came to Idyllwild in…
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California State Park hours to change
On Thursday, Aug. 11, the California State Parks announced service reductions due to the spring budget cuts. The budget reductions total $11 million this fiscal year (July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012) and another $22 million in fiscal 2012-13. Mt. San Jacinto State Park’s hours of operation will be reduced, according to Superintendent Garret…
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Fire fee may benefit Idyllwild
The State Board of Forestry has until Sept. 1 to adopt emergency regulations to implement Assembly Bill 29, which authorizes a $150 fire prevention fee. The board has scheduled a special meeting for Aug. 22 to discuss and consider the regulations necessary for the fee. Meanwhile, other state agencies, such as the Department of Finance…
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Idyllwild Nature Center all aflutter
At the culmination of the Idyllwild Nature Center’s “Butterfly Daze,” hundreds of Monarch butterflies are set free into the forest. Residents and visitors are first allowed to view the butterflies up close inside tents.
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Women rescued on Skyline Trail
Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies, aided by state park rangers, rescued seven female hikers around 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13, about one mile below the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway mountain station. One of the seven had notified authorities by cell phone at 6:14 p.m. that a member of the group was experiencing medical problems and could…
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Sex offender arrested in Anza
Mid-morning, Aug. 15, investigators and officers with Riverside County’s multi-agency Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement (SAFE) Task Force went to a home in the 39000 block of Bautista Road in Anza, to check on a parolee and registered sex offender believed to be living there. Investigators located the man, Jeral Steven Cooley, 30, and also found…
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Dogs learn snake smarts
Emma reacts to a Southern Pacific rattlesnake seen here at lower left, as Natural Solutions trainer Erick Briggs handles the dog’s response during Rattlesnake Aversion Training held Saturday Aug. 13 at the Idyllwild Community Center site.
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Rare Brewer’s blackbird spotted
This unusually colored Brewer’s blackbird was eating seeds with the rest of its flock on Sunday, Aug. 14. Brewer’s blackbirds are usually all black.
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Dustup at the Pine Cove Water District
At the Wednesday, Aug. 10 meeting of the Pine Cove Water District board of directors, local real estate broker and entrepreneur Shane Stewart questioned the board over “numerous complaints on The Market Place at Pine Cove [to Code Enforcement],” which PCWD General Manger Jerry Holldber filed with the county.
