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By David JeromeCorrespondent There may be light at the end of the tunnel for patients and staff of the former Fern Creek Medical Center. When the Regenerative Medical Group (RMG) closed the clinic at the end of October it was stripped of all furnishings “not bolted down,” and so the path to reopening was rocky…
JP CrumrineCorrespondent Riverside County officials — Board of Supervisors, Planning and Code Enforcement, and the grand jury — have been grappling with revising the current policy for regulating short-term rentals (STRs). The board formally initiated the effort to revise the STR policy (Ordinance 927) in February 2020 and has been overseeing the progress. A grand…
By Jack Clark, pro golf correspondent Brendan Steel posted a 3-under-par 68 Thursday in the first round of the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open on the TPC Summerlin course in Las Vegas. A sign of a good round showed itself early when the Idyllwild native drained a 26-footer for birdie on his third green of…
Several weeks ago, a Town Crier reader and Hill resident brought to our attention a particular large, gray, jagged rock hovering over Highway 243 near the location of the boulder fall at Dead Man’s Curve in January of this year. (See accompanying photo.) His concern was that it looked as if it would not take…
Letter urges quick change The Idyllwild Fire Protection District’s commission has thrown down the gauntlet over Riverside County’s failure or unwillingness to implement the policy of dispatching the closest-available unit to medical emergencies on the Hill. Following through on their promise to take some action in response to Riverside County’s policy, which states, “For purposes…
On Tuesday, March 15, deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office arrested Nasir David Powell, 18, on felony charges involving sex offenses. The arrest was made in Idyllwild on Temecula Drive, which is entirely within the campus of Idyllwild Arts Academy. Indications are that Powell was a student at IAA at the time of the…