70 years ago – 1951Snow plows were busy with a 2-foot snowfall. 65 years ago – 1956Chamber Membership Chair Glenn Froehlich reported that reaching the goal of 500 Chamber memberships was getting close with a current total of 394 members. 60 years ago – 1961Because of the continued absence of moisture, the Forest Service posted…
Brendan Steele will be playing this week in the$9.3-million Arnold Palmer Invitational at the Bay HillClub and Lodge in Orlando, Florida. The Bay Hill coursefeatures the famous 6th hole, a long par-5 dogleg left thatwraps around the Bay, hugging the water its entire length.A win in an official PGA Tour tournament ordinarilyprovides the winner with…
Riverside County is looking for applicants to fill a vacant seat on the Idyllwild Historic Preservation Local Review Board. The board members “review proposed projects within the Idyllwild Historic District. The board provides a recommended approval, denial or approval with changes to the Riverside County Planning Director, who considers the board’s recommendation before approving or…
Over the next few weeks, the Idyllwild Scholarship Fund board is requesting community donations to support scholarships for Idyllwild area 2021 high school graduates.
In the last couple of weeks, information about the location of Rosario Garcia’s remains and the search efforts from News 8 of San Diego for Lydia “Dia” Abrams brought new light after months of no new information from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department (RCSD) regarding any of the missing person cases. Garcia’s family has now…
Anna Derschmidt is now in her senior year at Idyllwild Arts Academy (IAA). The two-year student started her IAA schooling as a junior in the fall of 2019. Before attending IAA, she attended a public boarding arts high school as a music major — performing violin and singing in the choir — in Vienna, Austria….
According to Hemet High School’s (HHS) website, HHS was originally founded in 1894, and has been at its current location since 1972. During this long history, HHS has held the tradition of the Daisy Chain. The Daisy Chain comprises the top 24 students in the junior class with the highest GPAs. Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines a…
Two collisions occurred on Highway 243 in about one hour of each other last Thursday, according to California Highway Patrol Public Information Officer Matt Napier.On Thursday, Feb. 18 at 1:30 p.m. Jennifer Nicole Brown, 20 of Hemet, was driving her white 2019 Nissan Sentra south on Highway 243 just north of Highway 74 at an…
It is with the greatest sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved mother on Friday, Feb. 19 in Palm Desert, California.Sharon Lee (McGee) Meyerhoff was born April 18, 1941 in Livingston, Montana and was the daughter of Mary Elizabeth Stack McGee and Harold McGee. Her parents owned and operated the McGee Photographic Studio…
By Hemet Unified School DistrictContributed On Jan. 16, five theater students from Western Center Academy (WCA) won first place at the California Educational Theatre Association (CETA) Festival. This annual competition was held in an online format this year and featured students from throughout the state.The students entered an original piece written by WCA student Isabella…
