Idyllwild is poised to welcome a new clerk to the Post Office beginning in March, pending the successful recruitment by then of a clerk to work in key areas “behind the retail counter, and in the Post Office Box Section/Back Room Area.” A clerk position has been vacant due to a retirement at the…
While recognizing that the solution to immigration reform and the future of Dreamers are federal policies, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors, nevertheless last week, unanimously urged the U.S. Congress to find solutions for the benefit of millions of citizens — current and future. Supervisors Manual Perez (5th District) and Marion Ashley (4th District) offered…
The squabbles between the Riverside County supervisors and the elected sheriff continued during the board’s Feb. 6 meeting. Although County Executive Officer George Johnson reported that Sheriff Stan Sniff had eliminated the projected $30 million deficit in his department’s budget for the current fiscal year, he noted that the staff attrition necessary to accomplish this…
The U.S. Forest Service intends to conduct a pile burn Tuesday, Feb. 13 along the Pine Cove Fuel Break. On Monday, the Forest Service completed a burn near the Vista Grande Fire Station on Highway 243, about mid-way between Banning and Idyllwild. At Vista Grande, the Forest Service burned three piles of slash. However, at…
On Jan. 23, acting Riverside County Fire Chief Daniel R. Talbot reopened seven hiking areas throughout the region. Effective Thursday, Feb. 1, they are: • Avery Canyon, (Gibbel Road east of State Street in Hemet) • North Mountain and Indian Canyon (San Jacinto area) • Whitewater Canyon (Cabazon, north of Palm Springs) • Nuevo/Lakeview (east…
Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, Jan. 28 to Feb. 3. Idyllwild • Jan. 28 — Alarm call, 4:58 a.m., Tahquitz View Dr. Handled by deputy. • Jan. 28 — Public intoxication, 5:38 p.m., Village Center Dr. Unfounded. • Jan. 28 — Public intoxication,…
70 years ago – 1948 The two-man Forest Service staff, Ranger Don Bauer and Fire Control Assistant Bill Hersh, hiked six hours to Martinez Mountain to check a fire started when a P-80 military jet crashed and exploded. 65 years ago – 1953 The American Legion picked a site between Idyllwild and Mountain Center for…
Homelessness was on the Riverside County Board of Supervisors’ Tuesday, Jan. 30 agenda and the board unanimously approved allocating money to begin to mitigate the problem. A 27-page report, prepared by a committee of county agency and cities, identified three major goals, four strategies for achieving these goals and 23 recommendations. “This will culminate the…
Brendan Steele fired a 4-under-par 67 Sunday to tie for third in the Waste Management Phoenix Open. He was 15 under for the tournament, only three shots off the lead. For the week, the Idyllwild native found 48 percent of the fairways with drives averaging 315 yards, the longest being 343, and he hit 72…
Basketball Robert Lewis, Town Hall recreation director, gave this report on Town Hall Youth Basketball. Division 1 (ages 6-9) On Tuesday, Jan. 30, the Acumen Tree Service Celtics played the American Legion Warriors. Kai Steigan made a bucket and played good defense for the Warriors. Amelie Peebles had a steal and grabbed numerous rebounds, but…
