Earthquakes are a major threat for Hill residents. Not only fire, but shaking ground can cause a significant emergency for those people living on the ...
Weather Service lowers chance of La Niña: Neutral weather more likely now
Earlier this month, the NWS announced that its weather models “more strongly favor an ENSO-neutral” winter weather pattern. During the spring and summ...
IWD losing directors and management
Were the posted signs demanding resignations of three Idyllwild Water District directors and a new general manager the reason chaos has arrived at the...
Middle school Youth Grantmakers begin year 5
Twenty-one sixth through eighth grade Idyllwild Middle School students attended the first after-school session of the Idyllwild Youth Grantmakers on T...
Three local high school girls in injury crash
Three local female students, on their way to Hemet High School, were injured in an over-the-side crash on Highway 74 west of McCall Park Road in Mount...
Breaking News: Mass exit at Idyllwild Water District
Mike Freitas has "retired" from the Idyllwild Water District board effective immediately, he confirmed with the Town Crier late Friday afternoon. He i...
Forest Service criticized for lack of criteria to select hazardous fuels reduction projects
The allocation of funding for hazardous fuels projects and how the U.S. Forest Service sets its priorities for this work was questioned in a report la...
Local Dravenstatt arrested again on felony charges
Idyllwild local Taylor James Dravenstatt, 24, previously sent to state prison for felony burglary in 2013, was arrested again on Sept. 6 for felony bu...
Pape hearing moved to Sept. 7
The preliminary hearings for Robert Pape, 28, and Cristin Smith, 27, have been rescheduled for Oct. 24. At that hearing, the presiding judge will hear...
Active shooter is subject of local presentation
The Mountain Emergency Services Committee highlighted its monthly meeting with a presentation by Michael Beltran, Imperial Irrigation District, regard...