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ICC Adult Basketball “March Madness” in Full Effect, down to Final Four ; Youth Baseball and Tee-Ball Discounts Thanks to the Idyllwild Race Committee
By Corey Pickett • March 18, 2026BY JOHNNY WILSON ICC DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS & RECREATION Adult Basketball SEED TEAM CAPTAIN REGULAR SEASON (W-L) #1 Khaki Buckets (Jared Eldridge) 10 – 2 #2 White Walkers (Szymon Bielesz) 9 – 3 #3 Hilltop Hoopers (Carl Dewese) 8 – 4 #4 The Grinches (Aiden Featherstone) 6 – 6 #5 Cahuilla Ballers (Tino Macias) 2… -
IAA Native American Arts program lecture series tonight and next Thursday
By David Jerome • March 18, 2026This year, as the Idyllwild Arts Academy celebrates 80 years of arts education in Idyllwild, the Native American Arts program is offering a special season of lectures, an extension of the annual Kabootie Lectures into a four-month series. The first installment, in January, retold the story of Native American Arts on the campus from its…
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County Executive describes future budget needs
At its March 10 meeting, the County Board of Supervisors listened to County Executive Officer Jeff Van Wagenen’s presentation on the status of the…
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Preview of June 2 Primary
In the June Primary, Hill voters will be casting votes for many offices. Statewide there is the Governor, Lt. Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of…
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Tribes and environmental groups join litigation defending Chuckwalla National Monument status
In the final weeks of his Presidency, former President Joe Biden established the Chuckwalla National Monument in Riverside County, just south of the Joshua…
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Legislature has many wildfire bills to review this year
On March 4, Mega Fire Action, a California-based advocacy group seeking to end so-called megafires, assembled a group of State legislators to discuss a…
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Fatal Head-On Crash on Highway 371 Under Investigation
On Wednesday, March 11, 2026, at approximately 7:05 a.m., a silver 2006 Honda Insight was being driven by a 27-year-old female from Palm Desert,…
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MAST agencies brief on fire breaks, the landscape scale projects protecting mountain communities
One of the main ways that MAST members keep our communities safe are fuel reduction projects, also known as Vegetation Management Projects. At the…
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Attempted rescue of patient in full arrest on Ernie Maxwell trail highlights difficulty of CPR in helicopters
On the evening of Friday night, March 13, an RSO helicopter was called for a patient on the Ernie Maxwell Trail in “full arrest,”…
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Legend Meets Rising Talent at Town Hall Rotary event
Seventy years separated bassist Dr. Marshall Hawkins and pianist David Lim on stage at Town Hall this week — but the musical conversation between…
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