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

Pine Cove reviews proposed 2014-15 budget

The Pine Cove Water District directors reviewed a proposed budget for fiscal year 2014-15, which begins July 1. Approval of the final budget and...

Idyllwild Fire pushes financial issues to June

Idyllwild Fire Chief Patrick Reitz told the Idyllwild Fire Protection District commission last week that he plans to ask Riverside County to extend the...

Pape’s arraignment postponed until June

The prospective arraignment of Robert Pape for the 2006 triple homicide in Piñyon Pines was deferred a month until June 13. This is the...

Republican candidates ignore Reagan’s advice: Play nice!

Ronald Reagan’s 11th Commandment, “Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican,” was violated last week in the local race for State Senate...

IFPD budget chaos: But rate hikes may be in future

Six weeks before the beginning of fiscal year 2014-15, the Finance Committee for Idyllwild Fire Protection District does not have a proposed budget to...

Lilac Festival planning begins

The Idyllwild Lilac Festival Committee held its organizing meeting and began conceiving plans for the May 2015 event. The inchoate committee agreed that its goal...

Fire exercise on Hill, Thursday morning, May 22

Residents and motorists will notice fire apparatus from several public safety agencies on May 22 in and around the Mountain Communities. Riverside County fire...

Groundwater program on legislative agenda

The current statewide drought is having broad ramifications. Besides significantly increasing the threat of wildfires, some communities have even endured water shortages. The consequence is...

Droughts and wildfires in the future

Last week, the White House released the third National Climate Assessment report. The more than 800-page report stressed, “ … climate change, once considered...

Banning man competent to be tried for arson

A trial readiness conference has been scheduled for June 18, and a jury trial may begin as soon as Aug. 4, for Steven Taylor...
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