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North Circle Drive will be getting maintenance this month as crews prepare it for a coat of sealant that will be applied the first week of August. Paying close attention to their work is County of Riverside Transportation Department Dan Miller (left) and Bob Baker at the controls.

Marshall Hawkins, popular and renowned in Idyllwild as jazz bass musician, teacher and human being, received an honorary doctor of music performance degree Friday night from California Baptist University (CBU) in Riverside where, with Director of Jazz Studies and professor Dan St. Marseille, he co-led the CBU Jazz Ensemble together with Hawkin’s own Seahawk Modern…
The Town Crier is starting work on the 2013 Idyllwild Phone Book and we want to ensure that all residents, businesses and organizations get the listing they want. Since we acquire local listings from Verizon each year, those with other telephone service are not automatically listed. If you have another service and would like to…
In response to a public question about the status of Idyllwild Fire Protection District’s response to the September letter from the Riverside County grand jury that rejected the original response, Commission President Jerry Buchanan said last week in IFPD’s board meeting he has had no further communication with the grand jury about this issue. Consequently,…
Idyllwild suffered brief interruption of electric power on Monday morning when a raven landed on the Southern California Edison (SCE) Lower Pine Crest power substation.
The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway reopened as scheduled on Saturday, Sept. 26, after its annual two-week maintenance shut-down. The first tram went up at 8 a.m., the last tram returned at 9:45 p.m. Trams leave at least every 30 minutes on the hour and half-hour. Completed projects this year include rebuilding the main gearbox, changing…
At the Sept. 12 Riverside County Board of Supervisors’ meeting, Registrar of Voters Rebecca Spencer was placed on paid administrative leave from her position. The supervisors met in closed session for a “Public Employee Performance Evaluation/Title: Registrar of Voters.” “The County of Riverside accepted Rebecca Spencer’s resignation from her position as the Registrar of Voters…