After more than a decade with the Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council, Executive Director Edwina Scott is resigning this month. During her tenure, which began in 2004, was interrupted in 2005 and resumed in 2009, she brought millions of dollars in federal and state grants to the community, and oversaw the preparation and development of…
An AMS commercial paving truck towing a trailer with a pavement grinder overturned on Highway 243 about 5 p.m. Friday, April 26, as it was heading southbound. The incident happened about 1 to 1.2 miles north of Mountain Center (past the U.S. Forest Service’s Keenwild Ranger Station toward Idyllwild). The fuel tank spilled about 60…
Approves filling staff vacancies Fire abatement inspections began this month. This year, the Idyllwild Fire Protection District commission plans tougher response with property owners who fail to comply with abatement requirements. At the April 23 meeting, Acting Fire Chief Mark LaMont listed the state laws and county ordinances that provide authorization for fire districts to…
A diesel tanker overturned on State Route 243 about 5 p.m. Friday, April 26. The accident happened about 1 to 1.2 miles north of Mountain Center (past the Forest Service’s Keenwild Ranger Station toward Idyllwild). A commercial paving truck towing a trailer with a pavement grinder overturned on the road. The fuel tank…
Last spring, Riverside County announced that the fees for the Idyllwild and Anza transfer stations would be raised. The then-current 2018 annual fee of $116.88 would be increased $19.80 annually through July 1, 2021, and then a fifth increase of $19.92 would occur July 1, 2022 for a total annual fee of $216. As part…
Summer concerts at new amphitheater beginning July 11 The County Service Area 36 Advisory Committee met last Thursday, April 18. The major portion of the meeting was Janice Lyle’s presentation on the status of Phase 1 construction on the Idyllwild Community Center site and Bob Lewis’ discussion of current recreation activities and expectations for spring…
The Idyllwild Water District has scheduled a special meeting at 9 a.m., Monday, April 22. The Board will discuss and may approve a bid to install replacement pipeline along Village Center Drive from South Circle Drive. The Board reviewed proposals at its April 17 meeting but deferred a decision so that General Manager…
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…
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…
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,…
