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Forest as kinship system: science Educator Peter Kindfield at the Nature Center this weekend
By David Jerome • September 11, 2026Science educator Peter Kindfield will be conducting a special nature walk this Sunday, Sept. 13, at the Idyllwild Nature Center. Kindfield tells us that he has given a number of presentations at the Nature Center, but this will be different. “This one I’m really focused, the other ones were just guided walks. I have a… -
The Labor Day Weekend That Changed Idyllwild
By Sam Markus • September 11, 2026In 1941, Max and Beatrice “Bee” Krone came to Idyllwild for Labor Day weekend. They were supposed to be visiting friends. They got here, felt something, and acted on it. Before they even made it back to Los Angeles, they bought a house. Some weekends you barbecue. Some weekends you accidentally change a town forever….
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Idyllwild Home Tour Reveals Secrets of Five Private Mountain Retreats!
The Idyllwild Home Tour takes place this year on Saturday September 19, 2026, from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM in the Village of Idyllwild,…
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How locals responded to 9/11
This week marks the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. In the following…
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Mountain Center house targeted by suspected burglars
Multiple residents reported many units of Riverside Sheriff’s Office arriving at a house in the 59000 block of Highway 243 on the morning of…
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Readers Write
Mick Lynch Makes Room for Everyone It was in the back of Middle Ridge Winery that Mick Lynch asked my husband Nick Gillett to…
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Bill to separate Coroner from Sheriff goes to Governor
Senate Bill 1379, which would require the Riverside County Board of Supervisors to separate the sheriff’s and coroner’s offices by July 1, 2027 passed…
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No agreement on major wildfire insurance changes
After several days of negotiations, the California Legislature and Gov. Gavin Newsom could not find an agreement on major changes to the state’s wildfire…
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State issues final Zone Zero rule
Last month, the California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection unanimously approved the final draft of its new Zone Zero defensible space regulations. These…
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Almost All the News, Eighty Years Later
Eighty years ago, Ernie and Betty Maxwell sat in the attic of their Idyllwild home piecing together a newspaper. The first Town Crier was…
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