Idyllwild News
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Forest Service burnt piles this week
The U.S. Forest Service started 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 Pine Cove,…
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Membership List continues to grow
Another member ups Membership By Becky & Jack Clark Co-publishers Once, again, it has happened that, after establishing a Membership at one level, a reader has upped their Membership to a higher level. To us, this means that readers are continuing to consider how important a newspaper is to them and to our Hill. Very…
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Gold spotted oakborer still present and threat to oaks
Grinding Station clarifies tree-size policy It is still winter — the middle of February. Few minds have begun to think or worry about the Gold spotted oakborer. But Riverside County Fire Division Chief Gregg Bratcher, the Hill forester, knows the GSOB is still present on the Hill and a danger. If you have an oak…
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Pine Cove Water District 2016 salaries and compensation
Editor’s note: Each year, the Town Crier reports the information below for the three local water districts — Fern Valley, Idyllwild and Pine Cove — and the Idyllwild Fire Protection. The FVWD information appeared in the Feb. 1 issue and the IWD information was in the Feb. 8 issue. IFPD will appear next week. Each…
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Post Office may be fully staffed in March
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…
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Supervisors urge Congress to find immigration compromise
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…
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Supervisors still peeved at sheriff
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…
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Pile burning Tuesday in Pine Cove; Burn at Vista Grande completed
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…
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County fire chief reopens hazardous fire danger hiking areas
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…
