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Marshall Smith has been writing for the Town Crier since 2005. His favorite quote is: '"Some men see things as they are, and ask why. I dream of things that never were, and ask why not." Robert Kennedy quoting George Bernard Shaw

Chamber Transfers Town Hall deed

The Idyllwild Chamber of Commerce recently transferred the deed to Town Hall back to the Johnson family. The Chamber had held the deed, in...

CAL FIRE removes infected Idyllwild oak

CAL FIRE crews removed a 140-year-old California black oak (quercus kelloggii), the first local casualty of the Goldspotted Oak Borer that has killed over...

Voters choose DeForest, Smith and Forst for HUSD board

Voters gave the nod to retired educator Jim Smith to join the Hemet Unified School District Board of Trustees and returned incumbents Dr. Lisa...

Burglars hit Fairway and Village Hardware

In circumstances similar to previous commercial burglaries, including time of night and means of gaining entry, burglars broke into two Idyllwild businesses — Fairway...

Idyllwild School continues API score improvement

For the second year in a row Idyllwild School has bettered previous year Academic Performance Index scores by more than 20 points. This year...

Thanksgiving on the Hill

Cold weather blew into the Idyllwild area the second week of November, frosting mountaintops and ridgelines in white. Majestic oaks turned brilliant yellow, seemed...

GSOB found in Idyllwild. Pest has killed 80,000 oaks in San...

The Goldspotted oak borer, the non-native beetle that has killed more than 80,000 oaks in San Diego County, has been positively identified in an...

McCullough hangs it up: Longtime WNKI manager retires

Bob McCullough, longtime manager of Idyllwild’s emergency radio station WNKI (1610 AM), is hanging it up. McCullough, a direct link to WNKI founders George...

Ruiz appears to have defeated Bono Mack

Dr. Raul Ruiz appears to have defeated six term incumbent Mary Bono Mack to become the Hill's new congressional representative. With some ballots still...

Hemet Dam historian speaks at ICRC series

Bob Norman, water quality specialist at Lake Hemet Municipal Water District, is interested in water and history. He brings that passion to the Idyllwild Community Recreation Council’s Speaker Series …
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