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The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department invites the Hill community to a special “National Night Out Celebration,” announced Capt. Leonard Purvis of the Hemet Station. The event is intended to raise support for crime-prevention awareness and public safety. Staff from the Hemet Station will be at the Idyllwild Community Center site from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug….
Town Crier Publisher-Editor Becky Clark speaks to the California Press Foundation audience Friday night at the Marines’ Memorial Club in San Francisco after receiving the Justus F. Craemer Newspaper Executive of the Year award. Clark’s grandson, Carter Johnson, 8, holds the award presented by Hal Fuson. Clark also was elected chair of the foundation earlier in the day.
Fire log The Idyllwild Fire Station did not report responses for last week. Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, March 20 to 26. Idyllwild • March 20 — Alarm call, 24000 block of Fern Valley Rd. Handled by deputy. • March 21 — Alarm…
Just after 6 a.m. Monday, Aug. 15, first responders, including fire personnel and California Highway Patrol deputies, arrived at the scene of an attempted suicide on Highway 243 just above Smith Creek Bridge. An as-yet unnamed 55-year-old male, who had earlier been reported missing from Orange County, had driven his white Toyota Tacoma into an…
The Pine Cove Water District Board of Directors is holding a special meeting at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 1, to discuss the USDA Preliminary Engineering Report Water System Improvements Project.As part of its 10/20/50-year plan approved in February 2021, it has applied for a USDA Rural Development loan for well rehabilitation, smart meters and storage…
Not only has the horrendous fire season burned thousands of acres, destroyed homes and taken lives, but the cost of fighting these disasters is devastating the U.S. Forest Service’s budget resources. “We are expending in excess of $150 million per week on fire suppression activities,” said secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, on Sept 11. “And…