Past Tense: Oct. 24, 2013
Left: Ground is broken on a location for the new Idyllwild Library sometime in the 1960s at Fern Valley Corners. File photo
65 years ago...
Past Tense: Sept. 1, 2022
75 years ago - 1947Fifty people gathered at Dutch Flat to witness the christening of a well for the Idyllwild Water Company....
Creature Corner: March 4, 2021
Pepper
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” the cats learned that most of them have been...
Past Tense: May 9, 2013
65 years ago - 1948
Fern Valley Mutual Water Company installed a 420,000-gallon water tank on Strawberry Creek.
60 years ago - 1953
A record-breaking crowd of...
Fire and forest: A year in review …
The Fire Safe Council began the year with its attention on the new insect threat to the Hill’s oaks, the Goldspotted oak borer. Many...
Past Tense: April 12, 2012
65 years ago - 1947
The U.S. Forest Service reported the insect situation had become critical in the Idyllwild area. Warm weather added another...
Readers Write: Veteran services suffer
Dear editor:The Veterans of Foreign Wars’ (VFW) motto is “No One Does More for Veterans.” But this Veterans Day, our work is...
So you think you know the hill
By Jack Clark
Contest judge
This week you are again challenged to identify the particular spot depicted in this Hill photograph. It might be the exterior...
Creature Corner: October 22, 2020
Heavenly Whiskers
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” ARF cats visited with Hurley, a recent ARF...
Creature Corner: March 11, 2021
Kimmi
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” the cats learned that most all of them have...