Teen suffers “partial amputation,” airlifted from Camp Ronald McDonald for cancer victims

MOUNTAIN CENTER — A teen suffered a partial amputation in an accident involving a log splitter at Camp Ronald McDonald For Good Times in Mountain Center, Saturday afternoon, Sept. 22. The campground, which provides cost-free, medically supervised programs to children with cancer and their family members, is east of Hwy. 74 – between Hurkey Creek Park and Apple Canyon Campground […]

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Spunky sheriff’s K-9 successfully sniffs out missing senior in Idyllwild

IDYLLWILD — A very special Riverside County Sheriff’s K-9 is being hailed a hero after locating a “critical missing” 80-year-old man who had become lost Thursday, Sept. 13, after wandering away from an Idyllwild campground. Already missing for seven hours by the time Deputy George Scott and his faithful, four-legged partner K-9 “Copper” were called in to assist, the dynamic […]

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Man arrested after Idyllwild stabbing, victim in ICU after surgery

IDYLLWILD — Following a three day search, authorities located and apprehended an Oceanside man last night, alleged to have stabbed an Idyllwild victim multiple times. The violent incident happened Tuesday, Aug. 21, on the 26000 block of State Highway 243, in an unincorporated area south of Idyllwild. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Two men fatally shot at MV’s Sunnymead Park RIVERSIDE: […]

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Suspected arsonist arrested as firefighters continue battling 5,000 ac. Cranston Fire

UPDATE: Thursday, July 26, 5 p.m. With 50 photos and videos A man suspected of setting a series of wildfires in southwest Riverside County and Federal areas along State Highway 74 in the San Bernardino National Forest was arrested Wednesday afternoon, July 25, according to police and fire officials. One of the blazes the arsonist is suspected of setting is […]

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PINE COVE: Market employee accused of embezzling $100K, arrested

PINE COVE –A man who officials allege embezzled as much as $100,000 from a small market and gas station was arrested after an investigation revealed the alleged suspect regularly used the business’ cash register and ATM to funnel money from the market and into his own pockets. The embezzlement, which officials say took place over an eight-month period, happened at […]

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Hemet man, 28, ejected and crushed by vehicle, ID’d – intoxication ruled out for SJ driver

(Writer/Editor’s note: Although RCNS obtained both photos and video of this fatal accident, for the sake of the family, none were included due to their graphic nature.)   HEMET — Officials have identified a 28-year-old Hemet resident who died after he was ejected from a vehicle last Wednesday evening, May 9. After being ejected the victim was crushed by the […]

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BANNING: Seriously injured motorist airlifted after solo-vehicle rollover accident

BANNING — One person was air-lifted and hospitalized with major injuries after a single vehicle rollover accident yesterday afternoon, according to CHP and Cal Fire officials. The accident happened on Highway 243, just north of Mt. Edna Road, in an unincorporated area about six miles south of I-10 and Banning and about 19 miles north of Idyllwild. California Highway Patrol, […]

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HEMET: Officials investigating after man’s body found on hiking trail

HEMET — Sheriff’s officials have confirmed they are conducting an unattended death investigation after a man’s lifeless body was found along a hiking trail Sunday afternoon, Apr. 8. The victim’s body was discovered between Hemet and Mountain Center, along a hiking trail off SR-74, about seven miles east of Bee Canyon. Area resident Cindy Haskin later explained her adult son and a friend […]

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UPDATED: New details after Mountain Center man, 76, killed in Hwy 74 motorcycle wreck

UPDATED: Monday, Mar. 26, 2 a.m. MOUNTAIN CENTER — Officials have released some additional details regarding the victim killed last Friday evening, Mar. 24. The deadly crash happened along westbound Highway 74 just east of Scenic Drive, in the Pinyon Pines area of Mountain Center. In a partial coroner’s release, Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner’s officials identified the victim killed in the crash as […]

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MOUNTAIN CENTER: SUV trying to pass vehicles smashes head-on into commercial truck

MOUNTAIN CENTER — Two people were seriously injured – one critically – Saturday evening, when the driver of an SUV reportedly attempted to pass another vehicle on a winding mountain road and plowed head-on into an oncoming commercial vehicle. Firefighters spent nearly two hours cutting the victims from the wrecked SUV after the accident, which happened on Highway 74 near Mountain Center, […]

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