List goes to supervisors in July Last week, Riverside County released the rankings of the applicants for permits to sell or to grow cannabis in the county. The list of potential permit recipients will go to the Board of Supervisors for approval at its July 2 meeting. Those applicants whom the board approves will then…
Martin Andrew “Marty” Scoggins, 66, of Columbus, Texas, succumbed to an 11-month battle with esophageal cancer on Wednesday, June 12, 2019. Bright-Holland Funeral Home has scheduled a memorial service with military honors for 2 p.m. Saturday, June 29, at the First Baptist Church of Pecan Gap with the Rev. Ken Cannon officiating. The family will…
Brendan Steele tees it up again this week in the $7.2 million Travelers Championship on the TPC River Highlands course in Cromwell, Connecticut. The native Idyllwilder will be attempting to turn around a rough season on the PGA Tour. He’ll tee off Thursday at 4:55 a.m. PDT and Friday at 10:10 a.m., PDT, playing both…
The Idyllwild Fire Protection District’s commission has canceled its regularly scheduled meeting for June 25. The next regular meeting will be 3 p.m., Tuesday, July 23. The Commission did hold a closed session regarding the contract for a fire chief at a special meeting on June 18. Commission President Jerry Buchanan reported that…
During the Mountain Disaster Preparedness community meeting with Caltrans on highway repair, one person asked about how the road closures would possibly affect evacuation if it were needed because of wildfires or other emergencies. Emergency response agencies, including fire and law enforcement, have been preparing for this possibility almost since February, according to Idyllwild Fire…
The Community Service Area 38 (Pine Cove) Advisory Committee held a brief meeting Tuesday, June. 11. In the absence of county staff and financial reports, the committee had little to discuss. At the end of April, the CSA 38 cash balance was slightly more than $400,000. The next meeting will be scheduled after the Riverside…
As of July 1, my title will change from Editor/Co-publisher to just Co-publisher. We have hired Melissa Diaz Hernandez to take over the editor’s desk. Jack and I will continue managing the business but not necessarily showing our faces every day at the office. We hope to do some traveling and home projects we haven’t…
Editor: As a U.S. Army veteran and history buff, I was really taken aback by Gisela Stearns’ letter on D-Day. It must be convenient to make one man the scape goat for the evils done in Germany’s name. The fact is, Hitler didn’t elect himself. A hateful minority, around one-third of the electorate in a…
Editor: On Friday, June14, we drove into Idyllwild and were surprised to see a festival set up in downtown Idyllwild, no street banner or signage, just closed streets. Due to the festival set up around Idypark, two public streets were closed, Park Lane and Village Center Drive. Consequently, the only driving access to Strawberry Creek…
Editor: With all due respect to the many volunteers on the ICC board, I find it difficult to become enthusiastic about multimillion dollar phases 1, 2, 3, etc., when hundreds of our local residents are struggling to pay utility bills, buy gas to get to off-the-Hill jobs, buy food for their children, etc. I suspect…
