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Alex Marconi, an Idyllwild Fire Department volunteer, helps a young future firefighter use a hose during the Fire Safe Council’s Firefighter Muster on Saturday. Idyllwild Fire was one many local fire and public safety agencies that participated in this year’s event. Photo by Doris Jean Lombard








The Town Crier reports on several public agencies that are covered by other media as well. But the Town Crier is the sole monitor of six public agencies on our Hill that are covered by no other media source.Occasionally, the Town Crier has been tasked with reporting on local public agency occurrences we wish had…
At its most recent regularly noticed meeting Tuesday, July 26, the Idyllwild Fire Protection District (IFPD) acknowledged the acceptance of two new, young firefighters, Jackson Steward and Eric Soles. Both are now ratified. Steward was formally pinned at the July meeting with his family’s assistance. Soles will be formally pinned at a future ceremony when…
The litigative battle between California State Attorney General Rob Bonta, and Riverside County Sheriff, Chad Bianco, continues actively in the State’s courts. And the media has filed a lawsuit also. Meanwhile, Bianco’s actual investigation of alleged voter fraud in the November 2025 special election for Proposition 50 is on hold while the Courts resolve their…...
Candidates for local special districts could begin filing papers for candidacy this week. The first official day was Monday, May 4, for the Aug. 25 elections involving Fern Valley, Idyllwild and Pine Cove water districts, and Idyllwild Fire Protection District. The terms of three members of the IWD board expire this year. The other…
Editor’s note: See the separate and accompanying story with comments from Idyllwild residents or short-term rental (STR) owners during and after the bboard’s meeting. At its Tuesday, Nov. 28, meeting, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors reviewed another revision of Ordinance 927.2, “Regulating Short Term Rentals” and moved it forward. The board still must vote…
Caltrans’ update on the 243 mill and overlay for the week of January 20: There will be no work activity from Friday (01/16) through Tuesday (01/20) during Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Project will resume on Wednesday (01/21). Week of January 21st, several daytime work activities with lane closures and flagging /pilot car operations will continue…