In less than two weeks after Mayor Max II (a golden retriever) died July 30 at age 9, his owners, Phyllis Mueller and Glenn Warren, are on a quest to find Mayor Max III.The couple headed out Sunday morning “driving 300 miles to see a potential mommy,” according to Mayor Max’s Facebook page.Warren is accepting…
Ann Ashby, formerly of Fern Valley and Garner Valley, passed away Wednesday, July 6, 2022, in Boise, Idaho.Ann was born Jan. 22, 1921, in Indianapolis, Indiana. She eventually moved to Missouri where she married Cal “Doc” Ashby, who passed away in 2018.Ann and Cal owned the Idyllwild Animal Clinic from 1976 until their retirement in…
Riverside County has formally noticed residents of its intent to adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) regarding the Outdoor Warning System (OWS) to be constructed by the county in collaboration with the Idyllwild Fire Protection District and Mile High Radio Club.The purpose of the OWS is to “improve public alert and warning systems to ensure…
Idyllwild FireThe Idyllwild Fire Protection District responded to these calls from Monday to Sunday, Aug. 1 to 7. (IFPD has a new system of reporting and is working to include times in its logs.) • Aug. 1 — Public service assist. Maranatha Dr.• Aug. 2 — Traffic crash, no injuries. Circle Drive and River Drive.•…
The Associates of the Idyllwild Arts Foundation held the annual meeting Sunday, July 31 at Nelson Dining Hall on the Idyllwild Arts campus.The Associates presented a $10,000 check to Idyllwild Arts President Pamela Jordan for the Idyllwild Arts Academy and Summer Program Scholarship Fund. This is the second $10,000 donation made in the month of…
While we’re experiencing yet another surging Omicron variant called BA.5, along with monkey pox and even a polio wave, our community’s essential workers soldier on, serving the public and meeting our needs while risking their own health in the process.As we’ve pointed out before, these folk staff our health service centers, law enforcement agencies, fire…
While the three Hill water districts are not immune to the drought overwhelming Southern California, they also are not as vulnerable as most of the region.All three local water districts — Fern Valley (FVWD), Idyllwild (IWD) and Pine Cove (PCWD) — rely on annual precipitation — rain and, especially, snow — to percolate into the…
By Janice MuraskoLast week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” new ARF cats greeted Buffie, the newest member of the feline family.Phil: The weather, except for the loud thunder, has been so very nice!Atlas: You are correct, Phil. What could be better?Phil: Oh, finding a forever home for each of us?Buffie: That would certainly be…
75 years ago – 1947Fern Valley Garage advertised “Expert Repair Service, Greeting Cards, Gift Wrappings.”• • •Electric power was on its way to Pine Cove. Plans for a line from the Idyllwild Substation had been started prior to the war but were curtailed because of shortages. 70 years ago – 1952“Tony Beaver,” a light opera…
Caltrans Keen Camp Maintenance crew will be performing one-way flagging operations in conjunction with Caltrans geotechnical crews on Highway 243 in Idyllwild for culvert studies. Work will be performed from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug. 16 to 17. This work will require one-way flagging traffic operations on the southbound lane and…
