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SPORTS: PHOTOS: Idyllwild School volleyball and softball
Idyllwild School played against San Jacinto Leadership Academy Wednesday afternoon at Idyllwild School. Boys played volleyball, while the girls were on top field playing softball.
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Last year for Santiago’s Idyllwild Author Series
“It’s bittersweet,” said Eduardo Santiago, founder of the Idyllwild Authors Series, now in its fifth season. “This is likely to be the last year.” Santiago launched the series five years ago shortly after buying a cabin in Idyllwild. “It was my way of giving back,” said Santiago. “The main reason it’s bittersweet to stop at…
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Another delay for Hurkey Creek bridge replacement
Although the project to replace the Hurkey Creek bridge on Highway 74 near Lake Hemet Campground had been slated to start April 20, construction is again delayed. Terri Kasinga, Caltrans chief of public and legislative affairs, said construction would likely be delayed one more month and is tentatively slated to begin in early June. The…
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Spring snowstorm surprises
Some rain and mostly snow fell on the Hill Friday, May 8. In an unusual spring snowfall, more than 3 inches arrived overnight in town and more at higher elevations. Total precipitation recorded at the U.S. Forest Service’s Keenwild Ranger Station was just over 0.75 inches, bringing the rain year (July 1 through June 30)…
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Town Crier wins six CNPA awards
Once again the Idyllwild Town Crier captured several awards in the statewide Better Newspapers Contest, which the California Newspaper Publishers Association annually sponsors. The contest period was from November 2013 through October 2014. Two of our contributors earned second-place awards for their work. Cheryl Bayse’s photograph of the girl and the butterfly during Butterfly Daze…
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Mountain Lion spotted off Toll Gate
Michael Freitas caught this footage on his home’s surveillance camera over the weekend. Freitas lives on near Country Club and Lake Drive, off Toll Gate Road, a heavily residential neighborhood.
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Steele has ups and downs at The Players
It all came down to a 9-foot putt on the final hole Friday at The Players Championship, and it just didn’t drop this time. Brendan Steele experienced a pair of roller-coaster rounds and came up one stroke too many to make the cut. The Idyllwild native posted a 1-over-par 73-72 — 145 and missed playing…
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Before Our Time: Strawberry Plaza’s birth was controversial …
I appreciate the walkable convenience of one-stop shopping at the post office, food markets, bank, pharmacy and library, all situated in and around Strawberry Plaza. On the other hand, viewed from surrounding mountain ridges, this asphalt patch is one of the most prominent scars on the forest landscape, out of keeping with the overall character…
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Ruiz honors Fire Safe Council
Following his March visit to the Hill and tour of the Mountain Fire burn area, Rep. Dr. Raul Ruiz (D-CA 36) recognized the Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council in the March 16 “Congressional Record.” Among his comments about the benefit and value of the MCFSC to the Hill, he said, “Since 2002, volunteers and staff…
