Certain people in the world are meant to help people. It’s a desire to be of service. For those that have that passion, there’s no denying it. Martha Pearson has lived in Idyllwild her entire life — 47 years to be exact — and been driven to help people from a young age.  “I just…

An 80-year-old man from Pomona died on Highway 243 when his car spun out of control and overturned on Friday, Jan. 22. Everett Mitchell was driving his gray 2005 Ford Ranger northbound on Highway 243, 3 miles north of the intersection with Round Robin Drive, at about 9:18 a.m. when, on a curve, his vehicle…

By Kathy Keane Local Wildlife Biologist and Ornithologist Special to the Town Crier As you learned in my article in last week’s Town Crier, Idyllwild residents share our natural areas with a form of the Southern Pacific Rattlesnake. It carries a type of venom that can incapacitate a human until antivenom is administered or kill…

Zero-policy immigration issue is the motivator “Galvanized by the images and voices of immigrant children separated from their parents by President Trump’s immigration policies, hundreds of thousands took to the streets Saturday in major cities and small towns across America to expressed outrage that they hope will carry over into the fall election,” reported the…