
Outland’s body was discovered on Wednesday, June 22, just after 10 a.m. at Lawler Lodge on Highway 243 in Stone Creek, north of Idyllwild. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office of Hemet is investigating the death by gunshot wound as a suicide.
Idyllwild businessman Isaac Outland confirmed dead in suspected suicide
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Outland’s body was discovered on Wednesday, June 22, just after 10 a.m. at Lawler Lodge on Highway 243 in Stone Creek, north of Idyllwild. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office of Hemet is investigating the death by gunshot wound as a suicide.
In 2012, Caltrans announced plans to replace the Hurkey Creek Bridge, a 1930s-era relic deemed too narrow for today’s larger and higher-speed vehicles. The $2.5 million project widened the bridge from 23 to 43.5 feet and lengthened the span from 34.1 to 50 feet. One-way traffic, controlled by traffic lights in both directions, was…
A single vehicle went 100 feet over the side on Highway 243 north of Twin Pines sometime after 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28. The crash ignited a fire in the same area as the 2006 Esperanza Fire. According to the CAL FIRE incident report, 11 engines and 53 firefighters responded and quickly extinguished the blaze…
At last week’s Idyllwild Fire Protection District meeting, Commission President Jerry Buchanan established a committee, composed of Vice President Larry Donahoo, Fire Chief Patrick Reitz and himself, to draft a response to the most recent Riverside County Grand Jury Report. The commission spent two closed sessions (including July 9) reviewing employee matters addressed in the…
National Weather Service San Diego CA 5 a.m. pst Monday Dec 17 2012 Riverside County mountains Breezy with moderate precipitation amounts for tonight through Tuesday evening… A pacific weather system will move through southwest California late tonight through Tuesday evening with the main precipitation impacts late tonight through Tuesday morning and the main wind impacts…
The 2014 Hemet Unified School District president will be Trustee Paul Bakkom of Area 2. He was elected to the board in November 2010, defeating incumbent Phyllis Petri, and his term expires in December 2014. Ross Valenzuela is the new vice president of the board. Bakkom has a very good opinion of the Idyllwild community,…
By Becky and Jack Clark Co-publishers With 16 business members, seven nonprofit members and two public-agency members, along with 411 personal memberships, the Town Crier Charter Membership list continues to grow. We are now at about 80 percent of the minimum amount we estimated last August we would need in the first year to enable…