Highway 74 will reopen to traffic for Easter Weekend. Repair and reconstruction of the roadway for the February rainstorm is not completed, But Caltrans and its contractor, Ames Construction, can now permit limited use of the highway. From 6 a.m. to midnight on both Saturday, April 20 and Sunday April 21, escort will…
Harrison (Carl) Carlton Whitman, 94, died in his sleep at his son Bill Whitman’s house on April 10 in Idyllwild, CA. Carl was born June 18, 1924, to Walter George Whitman and Grace Bates Whitman in Salem, MA. Carl Received a bachelor of science degree in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University and then immediately joined…
Young Idyllwild nonprofit is taking pledges in effort to buy Town Hall, since the 1940s a community center for town activities, is for sale by the Johnson family – the family who was instrumental in deeding the land and organizing the construction of the longtime village meeting place. The late Gerald E. Johnson envisioned a…
March 22, the California Office of Emergency Services released guidelines for pubic alerts and warnings. A committee of state, local and federal representatives prepared the document in response to questions and criticisms of alert and warning systems throughout the state during the numerous wildfires that have occurred in recent years. “Recent disasters in California have…
Just after noon Tuesday, April 9, the U.S. Forest Service and Cal Fire firefighters and aircraft responded to a report of a vegetation fire near Ribbonwood Drive and Highway 74 in the Pinyon area. A motorhome caught fire, igniting the surrounding vegetation. Shortly after 1 p.m., the fire, which was estimated to be 1 acre,…
Another effect of road closures The annual Idyllwild 5K and 10K Run and Fitness Walk is usually the second Saturday of June. However the 2019 event has been postponed until Saturday, Aug. 24. Race managers posted on the website, “With highways 243 from Banning and 79 from Hemet under construction, anyone coming to the event…
Editor: IDY doesn’t need any more bars. We’re good. Why add another when businesses are folding? The “Wine Finch” will be the 21st Beer/Wine license on the hill. How much more alcohol needs to be served for this place to make it? How is their new bartender going to make any tips competing with 20…
Editor: It seems that common sense would dictate that any company that seeks to build a telecom cell tower in Riverside County would acquire all the proper permits and meet all Riverside County’s design requirements and protocols before ever starting construction and installation of the related equipment for a cell tower. Given the spotty wireless…
Fireside Book Group A more uplifting title this month, “The Art of Racing in the Rain” by Garth Stein, is offered by The Fireside Book Group. “Enzo knows he is different from other dogs: a philosopher with a nearly human soul (and an obsession with opposable thumbs), he has educated himself by watching television extensively,…
Support for owners injured from winter storms and road closures Riverside County continues to offer help to Idyllwild residents and businesses harmed from the February rains and resulting highway closures. Through the Small Business Administration, the county has arranged a series of three seminars on small business development. All of the seminars will be from…
