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Photo: Load check at Idyllwild Transfer Station

Due to the influx of hot ashes and hazardous materials found inIdyllwild Transfer Station dumpsters, employees are doing load checks onevery vehicle entering the station during the next few days. Accordingto employee Ron Pasch, “Code enforcement will be notified and finesissued. Be prepared for long lines." Photo by Joel Feingold

Local attends State of the Union speech

By Stephanie Yost- Idyllwild Community Center president- Idyllwild Fire Protection District (IFPD) commissioner I was honored to have had the opportunity to attend President Biden'sState of the Union speech as our representative's oneguest. It was very exciting to be there for such a historic event.   Stephanie Yost with...

Supervisors approve wellness guest ranch in Garner Valley

At its March 5 session, the Riverside County Board of Supervisorsunanimously approved a zoning change and conditional use permit (CUP)for developing a wellness ranch on a 36-acre parcel on Apple Canyon Roadwithin the Riverside Extended Mountain Area Plan. In her presentation to the Board, Kathleen Mitchell, county projectplanner, described the project as “an eco-conscious...

Winery to host IDY LilithRock Fair

Women’s History Month comes to Middle Ridge Winery the weekend of March22 to 24, as a team of Idyllwild’s well-known sisters in song presentthree special shows. They are calling the weekend “IDY LilithRock Fair,”combining a nod to Sarah McLachlan’s Lilith Fair with a reference toIdyllwild’s own Lily Rock, teasing the possibility of a...

Latest results from Tuesday’s primary

As of Saturday night, March 9, the Riverside County Registrar of Votershad counted nearly 346,400 ballots, or about 26% of registered voters.But the counting continued through the weekend. “An estimated 50,000Vote-by-Mail and 3,200 Conditional Voter Registration (CVR) ballotsstill must be processed,” according to the registrar’s Friday eveningposting. The remaining vote-by-mail ballots are postmarked on or beforeelection.

Council has funding to protect/remove oaks with GSOB

The decade long scourge of Goldspotted Oak Borer (GSOB) continues todamage and to kill oak trees on the Hill. Despite multiple efforts toeradicate this nemesis, its destruction is still present. Callie Squires, executive director for the Mountain Communities FireSafe Council (MCFSC), has announced that funding is available either tospray threatened and damaged trees or...

IFPD Oks used ambulance purchase

Idyllwild Fire Protection District (IFPD) Chief Mark LaMont called aspecial meeting of the board of commissioners for Tuesday, March 5, todiscuss and approve a single item: the purchase of a used low mileagetype III ambulance for $60,000 to replace the oldest of four ambulances.Fern Valley Water General Manager Victor Jimenez was invited because ofhis experience with the...

Idyllwild man given sentence for vandalism

An Idyllwild man was convicted Jan. 18 in Riverside County SuperiorCourt of felony vandalism. On Aug. 23, 2023, “deputies responded to the 26000 block of Delano Drivein Idyllwild for a call of an armed subject,” wrote Riverside CountySheriff’s Department Public Information Officer Wenndy Brito-Gonzalez.“The reporting party stated a white adult male was banging on...

Idyllwild Community Center Sports: Ping Pong

The Idyllwild Community Center (ICC) is announcing the start of its new quarterly Ping Pong. Tournaments are from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, March 17 (St. Patrick’s Day) at Town Hall. Doors will open at 1 p.m. and registration is from 1 to 1:45 p.m. The tournament is set to begin promptly at 2...

Media meets with Perez at his office

The Crier attended an “inaugural media meet and greet” with SupervisorV. Manuel Perez and his staff at their new offices in LaQuinta. Theevent was a small one; in addition to the Crier, media was representedby reporters from two other outlets, one from the Desert Sun and twofrom El Informador del Valle. El Informador is a free Spanish...

Associates give $10,000 to Idyllwild Arts

The Associates of the Idyllwild Arts Foundation presented a check for$10,000 to Tara Sechrest, vice president Enrollment Management &Strategic Partnerships at Idyllwild Arts and Pamela Jordan, president ofIdyllwild Arts. Associates of Idyllwild Arts Foundation President Michael Slocum(center) presents a $10,000 check to Foundation President Pamela Jordan(left) and VP of Enrollment Management Tara Sechrest...
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