JP Crumrine
JP Crumrine is news editor of the Idyllwild Town Crier newspaper.
Repaving Highway 243 begins
Editor’s note: As of Tuesday afternoon, no one at Caltrans was able to say how the fire might affect this project.
Through the end of...
Evans graces summer concert stage
The always popular Yve Evans returns to Idyllwild next week, Thursday, July 18. She and her group will perform at the Idyllwild Summer Concert...
RMRU rescues exhausted hiker
On Sunday, June 30, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Riverside Mountain Rescue Unit was summoned to help an injured hiker. The RMRU team was lowered...
20th Jazz in the Pines only weeks away
The 20th Jazz in the Pines is only five weeks away — Aug. 17 and 18. The program continues to bring new and fresh...
Riverside County closes underground tank case
The Pine Cove underground storage tank project, which the Riverside County Department of Environmental Health has been monitoring since 1994, has officially been closed,...
Fire fee begins court journey
The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association lawsuit, which attempts to overturn California’s State Regulated Area Fire Fee will begin Friday, July 19, in the Sacramento...
Brenna metaphorically discusses ‘Murdering the Mom’
Don’t expect “Murdering the Mom,” Duff Brenna’s latest work, to be a criminal confession of matricide, although a browser at one of his book...
Idyllwild area property values increasing
The Riverside County Assessor’s office reports that Idyllwild property values have grown 4.15 percent for the tax year 2013-14. Last year, the Idyllwild area...
Fire board OKs 2013-14 budget
The Idyllwild Fire Protection District commission approved a proposed 2013-14 budget for $1.7 million at its June 25 meeting.
Projected costs are $1.67 million, which...
Final Thoughts: A new form of open government …
I guess I must admit that I’m still the child who chides his parents for “not doing what you tell me to do.”
For example,...