Nationwide, influenza activity was elevated at the end of February, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expects the high level of activity to continue beyond the first few weeks of March. However, in its latest weekly report, the CDC stated, “Severity indicators continue to increase as expected but remain substantially lower than…
70 years ago – 1949 Caretakers of the Bunker Ranch found themselves snowbound for seven weeks with dwindling provisions. 65 years ago – 1954 The Isaac Walton League built and installed 14 signs to warn motorists about deer on local highways. 60 years ago – 1959 More than 60 mountaineers attended a workshop, sponsored by…
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” ARF cats imagined life in a forever home. Thomas: Who’s gonna be the office cat? Mr. Gray: What do you mean? Paddy has kind of filled the position since he got here. Thomas: But he got adopted on Sunday! George: I knew it! I knew he would….
Brendan Steele fired a 5-under-par 70-71-72-70 — 283 last week at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando, Florida, to tie for 17th place and capture his second top-20 finish of this PGA Tour season. On the week, the Idyllwild native found 69 percent of the fairways with drives averaging 300 yards. His approaches hit 67…
Pine Cove resident and Idyllwild Town Crier Correspondent Debra A. Varnado has been awarded an all-expenses-paid 2019 California Fellowship from the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism. Each year, the center trains competitively selected professional journalists to participate in workshops, seminars and field trips, and to receive a stipend to defray costs associated with an…
What with the preceding weeks of cold, blustery rain and snow here on the Hill, it would seem somewhat adverse for a recitalist to present a public program dealing in the main with (possibly) equally adverse weather conditions. Nevertheless, the presenter in question, guest pianist Caroline Oltmanns, acquitted herself of the task quite well on…
Wespark Award Barbara Bain Best Editing Short Film Cat Dexx – Scott Simerly Jr Best Editing Featurette Grimshaw – Matt Alanzo Best Editing Feature Film Abnormal Attraction – Michael Leavy Marshall Hawkins Award Best Original Score Short Film The Assassin’s Apprentice Marshall Hawkins Award Best Original Score Featurette The Shipment Marshall Hawkins Award Best Original…
The Fern Valley Water District has canceled its scheduled March 15 board meeting. A quorum of the board would not be available to take any action. The next scheduled board meeting is April 19. The February meeting was canceled due to the weather and road conditions following the Valentine’s Day rainstorm.
Late Tuesday afternoon, March 12, another sink hole on Highway 243 was revealed. This damage was near mile post 10.75 and occurred after many trips of large trucks transporting dirt for repair of the highway at Bay Tree Springs. But the hole was filled with dirt. On Wednesday, the trucks could continue to travel north…
The damage to highways 74 and 243 is more extensive than originally thought. Engineers have done a more thorough assessment of the damage and the current estimate for full repair and opening of the roads is four months, according to Terri Kasinga, chief, Public and Media Affairs, Caltrans District 8. Ames Construction, the Caltrans contractor,…
