PHOTOS: Last Week in Idyllwild: May 28, 2015
Idyllwild News
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News of Record: January 21, 2016
Fire log The Idyllwild Fire Station responded to the following calls, Monday to Sunday, Jan. 11 to 17. Idyllwild • Jan. 11 — No responses. • Jan. 12 — Walk-in medical aid. • Jan. 12 — Medical aid, 26000 block of Hwy. 243 • Jan. 13 — Medical aid, 26000 block of Saunders Meadow Rd….
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Rees new Fern Valley Water president: Will consider going back to Stage 1 water emergency
Fern Valley Water District directors elected James Rees as the board president for 2016. Rees joined the board in December 2009 and served as vice president for the past two years and secretary/treasurer before that. Trischa Clark is the new vice president and Richard Schnetzer was elected secretary/treasurer. The vote was unanimous, 4-0, with Clark…
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Pine Cove Water — District of Distinction: Customer leaks thwart water savings
The highlight of the Jan. 13 meeting of the directors for the Pine Cove Water District was the recognition of PCWD as a District of Distinction through the Special District Leadership Foundation. At the initiation of Assemblyman Brian Jones and Sen. Jeff Stone, the state Legislature approved a Members Resolution 13 in October honoring PCWD,…
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Boulder closed Highway 243 from Idyllwild to Pine Cove for three days
“All lanes on SR 243 are open,” Cal Trans Public Information Officer Terri Kasinga announced Wednesday night, Jan. 13. That was a relief for many after late Sunday night, Jan. 10, when a 40- to 50-ton boulder fell on Highway 243 between Idyllwild and Pine Cove. Monday morning, Caltrans closed the highway, disrupting the route…
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Local Forest Service battalion chief leads state incident management team
Battalion Chief Chris Fogle of the San Jacinto Ranger District has assumed command of one of the three Type 2 Incident Management Teams in Southern California. Fogle, entering his 25th fire season, all on this district, succeeds former District Fire Manager Norm Walker as the incident commander of the SoCal Team 1. For the past…
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Cal Fire conducting prescribed burn this week
Riverside County Fire Department and the Regional Parks and Open-Space District will be conducting a prescribed burn this week. They have about 51 piles of brush and slash, located in the Mt. San Jacinto State Park, to burn. The burn will be between Tuesday and Thursday, Jan. 19 to 21. Actual time and date is…
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Snow and ice contribute to Hill collisions
Melting snow and ice patches continue to create difficult driving conditions for Hill residents and visitors. During the past week, beginning on Wednesday, Jan. 13, there were four incidents, some resulting in serious injuries, according to California Highway Patrol public information officers Darren Meyer of the San Gorgonio Pass Station and Mike Radford of the…
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Community center groundbreaking expected at end of summer
The Conditional Use Permit for the Idyllwild Community Center is nearly approved, just as Janice Lyle, chair of the ICC board, said late last summer. She and Chris Trout, advisor to the board for marketing, expect work on the project to begin this fall. Once final approval for the CUP is received, the board will…
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New parking lot coming to Idyllwild
Local business mogul Shane Stewart recently bought up property from the southwest corner of Cedar Street and N. Circle Drive west to include the Village Centre complex, excluding the Middle Ridge Winery building. In Phase I, Stewart said he plans to install a 76-space parking lot without removing any buildings. In Phase II, which may…
