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JP Crumrine

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JP Crumrine is news editor of the Idyllwild Town Crier newspaper.

Winter and spring weather delays fire season

The National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho is predicting that the fire season in Southern California could be above normal...

Two local men arrested for burglary

Left: James McMahon from his Facebook page. Right: A mugshot of Michael Kellner from 2014. Photo courtesy Riverside County Sheriff’s...

Community meeting on highway closures on Thursday, June 13

Near mile post 16.5, Ames Construction, the Caltrans contractor, has to dig up the road surface on Highway 243 to...

Winter in May slowly giving way to warmer, drier weather

On Sunday, May 26, snow fell on the Hill. Flurries were seen in Idyllwild, but more than 3 inches (melted here)...

State grants more funds to combat oak borer

Last week, Andrea Hefty of the U.S. Forest Service conducted training on the Gold-spotted oak borer at the Mountain Resource Center. Photo...

Search for John Sturkie resumes this Saturday

Seventy people joined the search for John Sturkie on May 18. “Some PCT hikers joined us along the way when they...

Stone supports limitations on vaccine exemptions

Opposition to bill curbing personal exemptions mischaracterized In 2015, the California Legislature passed and then Gov. Jerry Brown...

Both parents charged with baby’s death in 2016 car crash

Charges against Marcus Green, 54, of Thermal, and against Kristen Lauer, 25, of Rancho Mirage, have been combined into one trial. Green...

Stephanie Yost is next ICC leader

Stephanie Yost, Idyllwild Community Center board member. Photo by JP Crumrine Stephanie Yost may be the newest member of...

Butterfly Effect brings $1,500 to Help Center

Kirsten Ingbretsen, Idyllwild School teacher, organizes charity effort Donna Elliot (left), Neil Jenkins (center) and Kirsten Ingbretson...
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