





Awards, promotions and goodbyes for Idyllwild School
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Idyllwild School’s 8th grade class received their diplomas begin their walk down the red carpet on their way to Hemet High School and then the world. Their student careers at Idyllwild Middle School have ended and future begins. Congratulations to all 23 students. Photo by Careena Chase






The Riverside County Board of Supervisors will consider a 45-day moratorium on issue new Short-term Rental (STR) Certificates in Idyllwild, Pine Cove, Mountain Center and the Temecula Valley Wine Country Policy Area. The moratorium specifically will not prohibit using existing approved STRs in these areas or renewing certificates for properties that already have an approved…
The Town Crier recently hosted a roundtable discussion with public safety officials, who would be in the management positions in the event we had another fire. To give the conversation context, we used the Cranston Fire. This served in giving the readers a look into behind the scenes thoughts and actions taken by public safety…
Riverside County has implemented a new early warning notification system. The EWNS is used to alert and warn residents and businesses in the county of emergencies such as wildfires, floods, hazardous materials, severe weather and certain law enforcement incidents. A request for proposal to replace the former EWNS, commonly referred to as “reverse 911,” with…
After an investigative stop by a Department of Fish and Game warden, Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Hemet resident Marc Morris, 44, in an off-road area of Mountain Center closed to vehicular traffic on charges of being a felon in possession of explosives, a live detonator, a handgun and ammunition. The DFG warden stopped Morris…
Before the meeting of the Local Review Board of Idyllwild Historic Preservation District was held on Thursday, Feb 22, Barbara Jones shared that “the primary reason for the local review board is to listen to the public about outside home or business modification.” If the Local Review Board approves modification plans those plans can be…
Tuesday evening, Aug. 4, about 25 Pine Cove residents came out to listen to the candidates for the Pine Cove Water District board answer questions from the public. Besides an opening and closing statement, the three candidates — Diana Eskew, Sharon Kaffen and Tim Lange — responded to dozens of questions. The attendees wrote down…