Idyllwild Town Crier marks 65th anniversary
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Idyllwild Arts (IA) National Honor Society members are staging a fundraising drive, replete with performances by IA students, to obtain school supplies for an elementary school in Honduras. From noon to 3 p.m. on three consecutive Saturdays, Oct. 29, Nov. 5 and Nov. 12, IA students will be in front of Mountain Harvest Market in Strawberry Creek Plaza to entertain and entreat. Part of the Honor Society’s mission is to perform service. The beneficiary of this year’s IA’s honor service project is a 630-student school in Punta Gorda, Honduras.
When former General Manager Darren Milner resigned the evening of Nov. 17, Idyllwild Water District (IWD) was without an acting general manager until a special meeting the evening before Thanksgiving held by the district’s directors. The board appointed Field Supervisor Mitch Freeman to fill the position until the district selects yet another general manager. …
A week after the Legislature failed to find a solution or compromise on the recent deterioration of California’s home insurance market, Gov. Gavin Newsom and Insurance Commissioner Richardo Lara stepped up to the microphones and made dramatic announcements regarding this simmering problem. In recent months, several very important insurance companies have either stopped writing new…
The Idyllwild Community Center’s free annual Easter Egg Hunt returned to the County Park after last year’s snow cancelation. The sun cooperated this time,and the meadow and parking area were dry enough. The Riverside County Parks and Open Space District provided the manpower to direct parking, a bounce house, and a children’s craft table, supervised…
By Chief Mark LaMontIdyllwild Fire Protection District I would like to thank our residents for their partnership, support and continued diligence throughout the 2019 abatement process. We had a record number of properties that passed our inspection process during the first inspection in April. We also had a record number of properties that passed the…
The Riverside County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to continue the agenda item to rescind four orders set in place by Public Health Officer Cameron Kaiser to align more with the state’s orders. After more than seven hours of public comment, staff comment and board debate, the board decided to continue the item to a…