With another unsuccessful search for Roy Prifogle, the newspaper contacted the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department (RCSD) media information bureau (MIB) and asked if there would be any more upcoming searches for the remaining four missing people — Melissa Lane, Prifogle, Lydia “Dia” Abrams and Diana Perez Gonzalez — in the Idyllwild and surrounding areas. As…
By Jenny KirchnerReporter/Photographer On Idyllwild Arts Academy’s (IAA) new podcast “One World. One Idyllwild. The Series.,” Pamela Jordan, president of Idyllwild Arts Foundation, interviews educators, artists and IAA students to get their story and perspective on the arts and how it transforms the world we all share. In episode two, which premiered April 13, Jordan…
With the Idyllwild Fire Protection District standing up its emergency siren alert system last week, the newspaper contacted the county about the status of its siren alert system.“I reached out to our team for an update,” wrote Shane Reichardt, senior public information specialist for the county’s Emergency Management Department, in an email Monday morning. “We…
We’re well into our second year of COVID, and it seems the pandemic may be at least in the beginning stages of winding down.Major thanks are again in order to the essential workers in our community who keep on serving the public, risking their own health in the process. These folk staff our health centers,…
Idyllwild FireThe Idyllwild Fire Protection District recently responded to the following calls.• April 11 — Medical aid, 10:32 a.m. N. Circle Dr.• April 12 — Walk-in medical assist, 8:56 a.m.• April 12 — Medical aid, 11:47 a.m. Wildwood Dr.• April 12 — Walk-in medical aid, 12:25 p.m.• April 12 — Motor vehicle collision with injuries,…
According to the Riverside University Health System – Public Health (RUHS) website, the area of Idyllwild-Pine Cove has a total of 115 reported COVID-19 cases since the outbreak and two deaths reported. One hundred and thirteen of the 115 people have recovered.As of press time on April 20, Riverside County has 297,620 confirmed COVID-19 cases,…
Two traffic collisions occurred on the mountain last week, according to California Highway Patrol Accident Review Officer Ben Bolon.On April 15 at 4:03 p.m., Richard Greenwood, 75 of Idyllwild, was in his blue 2014 Toyota Prius facing eastbound on North Circle Drive stopped in the right-hand shoulder. Donald Lee Rumler, 69 of Idyllwild, was driving…
By Becky & Jack ClarkCo-publishers By now, most of us have received our Covid-relief dollars from the $1.9-trillion American Rescue Plan Act and many Hill folk realize they really do not need their allotted money for their own relief during these COVID times. If you fit that description, how about transferring those dollars to the…
Idyllwild Arts Academy (IAA) students staged a protest regarding allegations of sexual assault, predatory behavior and racism. According to Pamela Jordan, president of Idyllwild Arts Foundation, about 120 students participated in the protest outside of the academic administration building on campus last Monday. The students read a list of demands and allegations at the protest…
On Sunday, April 18, a search and rescue team from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department (RCSD) conducted a search in the area of Pine Cove once again looking for Roy Prifogle. Prifogle originally went missing in March 2020. After searches were conducted in the days following, Prifogle’s backpack was found, but no sign of Prifogle…
