Kudos to Jerry Buchanan, Idyllwild Fire Protection District commission president, for speaking up at last week’s IFPD meeting to say that the board in...

At the Idyllwild Library this week: May 22, 2014
As usual on Wednesdays, on May 21 and again on May 28, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Maria Reyes continues her Spanish language class for homeschooler...

Out Loud: Emergency dispatch
The Brown Act issues revolving around Idyllwild Fire’s March 18 visit to the Emergency Command Center in Perris remain critical to your health on the ...

Readers write: Get Brown Act training
Editor: When I read the letter regarding “No Brown Act violation” from Calvin Gogerty, the only thing that came to mind was that they obviously didn’t...

Creature corner: May 15, 2014
This pretty smile belongs to Miss Pinkie Lee. She loves the sunshine and was born to play. Tummy rubs are her fav, and she is learning leash etiquette...

Fire and Forest: Weather obstructs; town hall meeting coming …
We had really bad luck in scheduling our Fire Prevention Muster, which just happened to fall on the only day in months with cold and wet weather. The ...

Out Loud: One of the good ones …
Regularly, a new person blows into town with ideas they almost always manage to bring to the newspaper office. Such was the case more than five years ...

Brown Act 101: What constitutes a Brown Act meeting that must be noticed?
In his letter published last week in the Town Crier, Mr. Gogerty clearly disagrees with the California attorney general and with California courts as ...

Off the Main Roads: What’s eating you? …
Every day spent hiking out in our forest brings more mysteries to be answered. This week let’s explore some partially “parasitic” partnerships that ha...