During its Jan. 28 meeting, the Idyllwild Fire Commission unanimously authorized Fire Chief Patrick Reitz to hire an outside investigator to look into a personnel matter. When asked if the investigator would look into a departmental policy or specific issue, or how many individuals are involved, Reitz had no response. In making the request to…

At 6 under par, Idyllwild native Brendan Steele is tied for the lead with Cameron Davis at the halfway point of this week’s PGA Tour event, the Sony Open in Hawaii. Brendan has putted lights out these first two rounds, averaging gains of 3.455 strokes against the rest of the field each day just with…

Town Hall will reopen as the primary venue for county-managed community recreation, Scott Bangle, Riverside County Regional Park and Open-Space District parks director and general manager, confirmed Wednesday, Dec. 3. In the Town Crier edition of Nov. 19, we reported the closure of Town Hall. A notice had been posted on the door stating, “Preliminary…