

No injuries on Marian View Dr. collision
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The airbags deployed after this Chevrolet Avalanche crashed into a tree Monday evening while traveling on Saunders Meadow near Marian View Dr. No one was injured in the solo traffic collision. With extensive front-end damage, the vehicle had to be towed to the Idyllwild Garage. Photo by Jenny Kirchner

At 5:40 p.m. Friday, Jan. 5, Jessica Nowlin, 30 of Idyllwild, was driving an orange 1967 VW bug on South Circle Drive, south of Village Center Drive, when her vehicle swerved and collided with a rock, according to the California Highway Patrol report of Officer Michael Bell. Upon investigation of the incident, Bell arrested Nowlin…
The future of Idyllwild emergency radio station and the grand jury’s reaction to the district’s letter were discussed at the Oct. 28 meeting of the Idyllwild Fire Protection District commission. President Jerry Buchanan indicated he expected both items to be on the agenda for the November meeting. Last week, both Buchanan and Bill Tell, president…
Birte Pflegger provided the Crier with an update on the parole process for convicted murderer Thongxay Nilakout, the man who killed her mother and nearly killed her father during a botched robbery at Indian Vista Point near Lake Fulmor in 1994. In December 2022, a state hearing panel recommended Nilakout for parole. The full board…
Travis Mason is the acting district ranger for the San Jacinto Ranger District (SJRD). He began his tour Jan. 3 and is the latest in a series of “acting district rangers” since Julie Hall left for the Inyo National Forest a year ago. Mason has spent much of his U.S. Forest Service career (more than…
Idyllwild Water District Director Geoffrey Caine has submitted his resignation effective March 1. With much regret, Caine said health problems are taking longer to improve than he wished and are forcing his departure from the board. In his letter, he wrote, “This is very disappointing. I wanted to become a director in part to help…
By Jack Clark Co-publisher and General Counsel We’ve seen a welcome increase in advertising lately; very much appreciated. We’d like even more business, organizations and public entities to climb on board. Remember that since our circulation is entirely all readers who know and love Idyllwild, when you advertise in the Town Crier you are not…