

North Circle Drive to get new sealant
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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.

By Holly Parsons, aka DispatchCorrespondent For two hours Dispatch waited for Sunflower [trail name] at the base of Devils Slide that fateful night. She learned from lingering hikers that a group of Europeans were camped above and took solace that he was safe and too exhausted to descend despite his call for pick up earlier…
70 years ago – 1948 The Banning Water Company reported that 10 inches of surface water was added to its supply after the Dec. 4 6.4-magnitude earthquake. Officials weren’t certain whether it was due to the quake or the storm. 65 years ago – 1953 Efren Reveles, U.S. Forest Service foreman in Idyllwild, was stunned…
As of Tuesday morning, the Dashboard of the Hemet Unified School District (HUSD) reported recently confirmed cases (last two weeks) of COVID at Idyllwild School as being one student and no staff members, in other words, 0.33% of its combined student/staff population, the same as last week. At Hemet High, three students and two staff…
After three months with no general manager, John “Jack” Hoagland will take the helm of the Idyllwild Water District. At its Dec. 21 meeting, the board of directors unanimously approved a contract with Hoagland to serve as interim general manager. The board is moving forward on two projects and has put the recycled water project…
By Nancy BorchersContributed Pine Cove Property Owners Association hosted Jeremy Goldman of Southern California Edison to speak at its Feb. 1 meeting. Goldman addressed Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS), Automatic Shutoff in dangerous circumstances, Systems Hardening and Vegetation Management. Goldman was also very informative about the monitoring of wind and weather dangers through weather…
Editor’s note: After the Riverside County Registrar of Voters certified the final count of ballots in the Nov. 6 election, the Town Crier spoke with state Sen. Jeff Stone, who was reelected to his second term in Sacramento. “It was a pretty challenging election. And I take all my races seriously,” Stone said. He noted…