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At the Aug. 3 Idyllwild Rotary Club meeting, President-elect Steve Espinosa (right) presents a gift to Klaus Fechner, a missionary helping and living in Haiti, for being the Rotary’s guest speaker. Photo by Gary Glasheen

Forest Service fire crews are planning to burn approximately 400 to 600 acres near Lake Hemet during the week of April 15. The Bonita Vista Burn is dependent upon weather and conditions and would occur throughout the week. Smoke and flames will be visible to residents and motorists along State Route 74 in Garner Valley…
Chains, traction devices or snow tires are required on the drive axle of all vehicles except four wheel/ all wheel drive vehicles between Lake Fulmor and Idyllwild along Highway 243 today.
The Town Crier stumbled across a video of a school resource officer (SRO) — a law enforcement officer assigned to work at a school — participating in a high school pep rally on his last day as serving as the SRO. The students’ reaction said everything about how much of an impact breaking down barriers…
The Color Guard from American Legion Post 800 led Idyllwild’s annual Fourth of July Parade from Fern Valley Corners to Village Center Drive, stopping three times for Cid Castillo to play the National Anthem on his bugle.
Riverside City police made two arrests in Idyllwild Sunday. The first was a suspect in a fatal hit-and-run collision on Wednesday, July 15. Lisa Marie Brown (aka Sanchez) was arrested for vehicular manslaughter and hit-and-run death involving Donald Thomas Smith, 48, of Moreno Valley. Smith was walking westbound along the emergency lane of westbound Alessandro,…
The grand opening of the Santa Rosa Pít Stop, the convenience store and fuel station built by the Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians, was June 3. The Santa Rosa Pít Stop is located on Highway 74, east of Paradise Cafe on the way to Palm Desert from the mountain communities. After 10 years of…