The Idyllwild Fire Protection District Finance Committee will begin investigating the possibility of consolidating existing debt and new loans for acquiring new ambulances and water tenders. At the Aug. 4 meeting, Fire Chief Patrick Reitz asked the committee to begin examining the district’s options for paying off existing loans for two brush trucks and heart…
The first day of the school for the 2014-15 year is Monday, Aug. 11, and Idyllwild School Principal Matt Kraemer is welcoming new and returning students for the seventh year. Unlike some of the more recent opening days of school, only one new faculty member will be greeting students. Following the end-of-school retirement of Lenore…
Rain drenched parts of the Hill this weekend, and while it was far from sufficient to eliminate the drought, it will help. The U.S. Forest Service’s Keenwild Ranger Station recorded 1.2 inches of rain from about noon Saturday, Aug. 2 through early Monday morning. But George Tate, an unofficial weatherman in Pine Cove, recorded slightly…
Just back from Cordova, Alaska, Marshall Hawkins, the music director for the 21st-annual Jazz in Pines, is relaxed and ready. While he played some bluegrass, Hawkins was still ambassador for the true American music genre — jazz. And the jazz festival will be a showcase for this musical genre, and Hawkins, his friends and his…
According to CHP Officer Mike Murawski, two males in their 20s were critically injured after losing control of their Honda Civic while traveling at high speeds eastbound on Highway 74 near McCall Park Road Monday around 4:30 p.m. The Honda crossed the double yellow line, colliding with a Penske truck traveling westbound. Both patients in the Honda were…
The application for an alteration to a designated historic property under the purview of the Idyllwild Historic Preservation District’s Local Review Board is available through the Riverside County Planning Department and online at the department’s “Forms and Applications” page. It is listed alphabetically. Go to “h” and select “Historic District Alteration Permit.” Or go directly…
I have been in the ghost town for two years and have gone through it forever since I was 2 or 3. It is an amazing place to be during Halloween. It has been set up at the Idyllwild Community Park for quite some time. Kathy Wilson and her family have put a lot of…
The Riverside County Board of Supervisors submitted a 22-page response with attachments to the county grand jury’s May report critical of the board’s awarding Community Improvement Designation funds to local nonprofits.
The U.S. Forest Service has posted the following information regarding the ignition of two small lightning fires in the San Jacinto Ranger District Saturday, Aug. 2 Incident Overview Lightning storms passing through Southern California mountains have started small lightning related fires in the San Bernardino National Forest. Firefighters will be working to suppress all of…
The Idyllwild Garden Club is pleased to invite the public to a presentation by Edith Brix on Tuesday, Aug. 5. Brix will give one of her entertaining and informative talks on the growing, care and many uses for the drought-tolerant succulents, including edible ones. Her showmanship and knowledge always makes her one of our most…
