PHOTOS: Idyllwild School Blast to the Past
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Demise of a Chamber of Commerce: Dissolution by default
David Jerome, secretary of the moribund Idyllwild Chamber of Commerce, called a meeting of the general membership on Monday, May 13, to begin the process of disposing of Chamber assets. The Chamber no longer has a board of directors authorized to act on behalf of the membership. With the same indifference that characterized an April…
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Monitoring wells pulled from Pine Cove Market: County to close underground tank case
The Pine Cove underground storage tank project, which the Riverside County Department of Environmental Health has been monitoring since 1994, is nearly closed. In the absence of any public comments on its notice of proposed closing, the department authorized Frey Environmental to pull its monitoring wells at the Pine Cove Market. This work was completed…
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Fire Safe Council is 24th recipient of Greenwood Award
Presentation Saturday at Earth Fair celebration …
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Repaving Highway 74 ends early June
Caltrans has started resurfacing Highway 74. Delays going to Hemet have occurred over the past several weeks. While the first phase was completed Friday, the overall project will not be completed until the first week of June, according to Joy M. Sepulveda, public information officer for Caltrans’ District 8. The project will grind the existing…
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Pine Cove Property Owners give thousands to local groups
The Pine Cove Property Owners Association decided to make several contributions to local organizations at its May meeting. A dozen Hill organizations were beneficiaries of the PCPOA’s $6,000 of generosity. Mountain Disaster Preparedness received $1,250. A $1,000 contribution has been earmarked for the Idyllwild HELP Center. These funds will be available for assistance of Pine…
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Chamber meeting set for May 13
The membership of the Idyllwild Chamber of Commerce is invited to meet at the Chamber offices at 6 p.m. Monday, May 13, to begin the process of disposing of Chamber assets. Assets include the town monument Harmony, the Chamber bus, and office furniture and supplies. Chamber assets must be given to local nonprofits as stipulated…
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Two injured in Paradise Corner crash
Around 10 a.m. Saturday, May 4, three cars were involved in collisions at Paradise Corners, the junction of highways 371 and 74. The crashes injured two people, one who had to be transported by helicopter and another by ambulance. The incident is still being investigated according to CHP Information Officer Darren Meyer, but appears to have been caused by one motorist making a left turn directly in front of another. The third vehicle rear-ended the second vehicle.
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RMRU assists in rescue of four lost hikers
On Sunday, May 5, Riverside County Sheriff’s Department deputies responded to a report of four hikers in need of rescue. The hikers, from San Diego, Costa Mesa and Los Angeles, became lost near the Tamarack Campground near the Deer Springs and Pacific Crest trails. They used a cell phone that was running low on battery…
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Gorgonio Fire burned 500 acres near Twin Pines
The Gorgonio Fire, which started near noon Saturday, May 4, scorched nearly 510 acres in the Twin Pines area before being contained Sunday evening. This fire, south of Banning, followed soon after firefighters had contained the Summit Fire, which started Wednesday, May 1, north of Banning. Eventually the Summit Fire burned nearly 3,200 acres. On…
