Cal Trans has announced plans for road work and maintenance over the next two weeks. This work will result in some lane closures and cautious driving. Paving began on both northbound and southbound Highway 371 from Highway 74 to Kirby Road Monday, Aug. 31, and continues from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. through Thursday, Sept….
Diana “De” Eskew easily won election to a full-term as director of the Pine Cove Water District. She garnered 176 votes or 46.1 percent of the total. She was the choice of 80 percent of the district’s voters. “That makes me feel really good,” she said, when told of the results. Fellow Director Tim Lange,…
The vote totals for the Idyllwild Water District election are now official and final. The district’s constituents signaled it’s time for a change, easily choosing both challengers and ending the tenure of two of the three incumbents seeking re-election. Far in front was challenger Steven Kunkle, former IWD employee, with 267 votes or 32.9 percent…
Wednesday, Aug. 26, was a bad day on Hill roads with five collisions that produced four injuries, two of them serious. In Idyllwild, in Strawberry Valley Shopping Center, Jonathan Atchinson, 36, of Banning, driving a county vehicle, a 2005 Ford Taurus, backed out of a parking spot in front of the Idyllwild Library striking Idyllwild…
The Idyllwild Historic Preservation District Review Board announced a community meeting to acquaint property owners, especially those within the district, with what has been called “the single most important economic incentive program in California for the restoration and preservation of qualified historic buildings by private property owners.” The Mills Act, enacted in California in 1972,…
The efforts to restore populations of the mountain yellow-legged frogs in the San Jacinto Mountains are evincing significant progress despite the presence of the drought. Several steps are producing positive results, according to Adam R. Backlin, ecologist, U.S. Geological Survey at the Western Ecological Research Center. This year, researchers released two separate sets of tadpoles…
Southern California Edison working just north of Pine Cove Market Wednesday night, Aug. 19, shutting down electricity in many homes at about 9 p.m. that night through early morning hours. The same occurred this Wednesday between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. Thursday.
By JP Crumrine News Editor Cal Trans has announced plans for road work and maintenance over the next two weeks. This work will result in some lane closures and cautious driving. Paving will take place on both northbound and southbound Highway 371 from Highway 74 to Kirby Road, from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.,…
While production at Fern Valley Water District fell nearly 8 percent during the first six months of 2015, General Manager Steve Erler expressed surprise that the level of the district’s wells continues to fall. He reported that the level for all the wells was lower in July. The observational well (outside the office) dropped nearly…
Idyllwild Water District remains in Stage 2 because the May and July rains have helped its wells, General Manager Tom Lynch reported to the directors Wednesday night, Aug. 19. “There is still no water in Foster Lake,” Lynch added. “But the Foster Lake wells are up a bit because of the summer rains.” He also…
