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Emma reacts to a Southern Pacific rattlesnake seen here at lower left, as Natural Solutions trainer Erick Briggs handles the dog’s response during Rattlesnake Aversion Training held Saturday Aug. 13 at the Idyllwild Community Center site. Photo by Cid Castillo

With the number of missing people in the Idyllwild area this year, Melissa Lane was one of the youngest to go missing. Lane, 41, was last seen on June 15. Her mother Kathy Lamont has been one of many who have missed her during the last six months. Lamont spoke to the Town Crier late…
On Tuesday, July 26, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors will consider a new ordinance for regulating short-term rentals (STR) in the county’s unincorporated areas. Draft Ordinance 927.1 (unless amended) will replace the current Ordinance 927, “Regulating Short Term Rentals,” adopted in January 2016. This draft ordinance is very similar to the draft presented to…
Current and future financial issues were the main topics of last week’s County Service Area 38 (Pine Cove) Advisory Committee meeting. Among the topics discussed were the future of the parcel fee now that CSA 38 residents do not have to fund the ambulance contract with the Idyllwild Fire Protection District, the current boundary of…
As of Saturday evening, Nov. 19, in Riverside County about 15,000 ballots from Election Day Nov. 8 remain to be counted. About 10,000 of these ballots are provisional. Based on total ballots already counted and the uncounted ballots, total turnout in Riverside County appears to have been about 44.9%. Turnout for each race could be…
Local restaurateur Luis Solis Delgado, 44, of Idyllwild, went before the Riverside County Superior Court last Friday for his preliminary hearing. According to the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office, “This is not a trial — but it is a hearing at which the judge determines if there is sufficient evidence to require the defendant to…