Idyllwild Fire Protection Department personnel and Idyllwild Volunteer Company 621 responded to a report of a single vehicle that overturned around 7:55 a.m. on Thursday morning on Hwy. 243 just before Marion View Drive. The occupant was transported to Hemet Hospital with minor injuries. The cause of the crash is under investigation
Southern California Edison plans an electrical outage affecting upper Fern Valley on Tuesday, Oct. 30 during the hours from 8:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. The cited reason is line maintenance. The outage boundaries are on the north Forest and Forest Haven Drives, east Forest Drive, west Forest Haven and south, Silver Tip Lane. Affected households…
Two University of California, Riverside, students attempting to scale a difficult climbing route called Fingertrip on Tahquitz Rock in Idyllwild, encountered equipment difficulties and became stranded on a narrow rock ledge halfway up the monolith’s face. Climbers Brian Wong and David Wilmer began their Sunday, Oct. 21, climb around midday. About seven hours later,…
The Idyllwild Downtown Historic District is closer to having a working board and design guidelines approved and in place, according to Keith Herron, county historic preservation officer, who said they have recieved applications for all five board seats. “Now we have to verify that all are still interested and that they live within three miles…
Editor’s note: Recently, Idyllwild and Pine Cove residents found in their mailboxes a letter addressed to the Idyllwild Community. Although some content was originally sent as a letter to the editor by Idyllwild resident Matthew Carpenter, we decided that this should be treated as a story since two businesses were named and alleged claims needed…
Future water supply and district finances were at the core of several decisions, which the Idyllwild Water District board made last week. Current customers and staff and future customers and staff were or will be affected by the board’s decisions. The low-flow rebate program will end on Dec. 31. In a unanimous vote, the board…
Acknowledging that Town Hall is in need of serious and major rehabilitation, the Idyllwild Chamber of Commerce voted to deed the iconic building back to the Johnson family who currently holds a reversionary interest. Gerald Johnson, grandfather of Jay and Steve Johnson, donated the land for Town Hall and helped build it. He later deeded…
The new Strawberry Plaza Idyllwild Public Library, all 4,000 square feet of it, formally opened and was dedicated Tuesday, capping off years of work by many individuals
The Friends of the Idyllwild Library will hold a weekend book sale on Friday, Oct. 26, Saturday, Oct. 27, and Sunday, Oct. 28, inside the library at 54185 Pine Crest Ave. All items will be in great condition. This will be the last sale at the current location, and everything must go. There will be…
The Idyllwild Francophonie celebrated their 7th anniversary at the Gastrognome Thursday, Oct. 11. They spent the evening conversing in the French language while expanding their French vocabulary. From left to right are (sitting) Bronwyn Jones, Karen Fina, (standing) Anna Ancheta, Francoise Frigola, Summer Brown, Larry Fina and Hubert Halkin.
