Editor: We are grateful that the majority of our Idyllwild community is observing the shelter-in-place restrictions that have been instituted to prevent the rampant spread of the coronavirus and to protect ourselves, our families, our loved ones and our neighbors. However, we are deeply concerned that some innkeepers and Idyllwild residents, who have turned…
Editor: On the meadow in Dutch Flat, Idyllwild-Pine Cove at 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 11. Eyes closed with my head tilted back and all the other senses soaking in nature as it gradually darkens. Birds are singing the seasonal stream burbling. Sounds of nature. Sounds of tranquility. No Highway 243 traffic. No dogs barking. No…
Are you or someone you know being harmed at home? Or perhaps you are close to the abuser? Domestic Violence (DV) experts expect to see increased rates of DV while isolating at home. DV includes stalking, physical, emotional and sexual abuse. Women and men are victims, although to date, the majority of victims are female…
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” ARF cats visited with the new litter of kittens. Zeus: The kittens are growing very fast! Lulu: That’s no surprise. It will be only weeks before they are ready to go to their forever homes. Whiskers: Won’t Flora be lonely? She is so used…
70 years ago – 1950 The U.S. Forest Service was finishing plans for the Lake Fulmor dedication ceremony. 65 years ago – 1955 First- and second-graders from Idyllwild School were taken by bus to Hemet for polio vaccine shots. 60 years ago – 1960 “Biggest thing since the Inn burned down!” commented Jim Johnson as…
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” ARF cats talked the new litter of kittens. Zeus: Hey! The kittens’ eyes are open! Bear: Oh boy. This means very soon they’ll start moving about on their own. Lulu: I’m pretty quiet. Think it’s okay if I sneak in to take a peek? …
70 years ago – 1950 A new sportland was started to replace the one completely destroyed the previous autumn. 65 years ago – 1955 Dr. M.M. Null was again offering sequoia gigantea seedlings free to anyone who wanted to plant them on their Hill property. 60 years ago – 1960 Dollie Smith was named queen…
By Samantha HalburnContributed April 15 each year signifies the ever so dreaded “Tax Day” for those who may owe anyway. This year, due to the onslaught of COVID-19, our government has made many new changes to our “normal,” including the postponement of Tax Day to July 15, 2020. But what does that mean for you?…
A bill for economic relief finally passed Congress. Here’s the thing though … this bill provides more relief to big corporations than small businesses ($377 billion of the $2 trillion, but wait … there’s more) and individuals (approximately $560 billion between cash and unemployment payments, according to a story by NPR). It isn’t $500 billion…
By Trudy Lieberman Community Health News Service The Affordable Care Act (ACA), nicknamed Obamacare, turns 10 this month [March], and what a tumultuous run the health care law has had! The law’s rocky existence hasn’t smoothed out yet and it faces additional scrutiny by the U.S. Supreme Court next fall, the result of more legal…
