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On Saturday morning, Dr. Ken Browning, at Fern Creek Medical Center, gives Jackie Lasater her flu shot at the free Health Fair, which the Center and HELP Center sponsored. Photo by Barbara Reese

The Idyllwild Area Historical Society will host their annual Home Tour this Saturday, September 13. This is the Society’s most important fundraising event of the year, and a rare chance to tour some of Idyllwild’s most interesting homes. IAHS President Ed Warner provided a preview of the five unique homes that will be open that…
Waiting to cut tree allows pest to spread to healthy trees Community protection and financial aid may be a conflict that is yielding the proverbial “unanticipated results,” opined Gregg Bratcher, Cal Fire’s division chief for forestry on the Hill. Although the number of oaks infested with the Goldspotted oak borer continues to increase on the…
The California Highway Patrol San Gorgonio Pass Station has joined with the Idyllwild Fire Department and the Idyllwild Snow Group to create an educational video for off-Hill visitors who flock to Idyllwild during heavy snow incidents primarily to play in the snow. The video is a further indication that law enforcement is committed to addressing…
A female hiker was rescued from Tahquitz Rock in Idyllwild after sustaining injury to an extremity, according to Riverside County Fire Department spokesperson Jody Hagemann. The injured female was extracted from the area by a helicopter hoist and was transported by ground ambulance to an area hospital in stable condition, according to Hagemann. RCFD, CAL…
By Becky and Jack Clark Co-publishers We thank you all for your continuing support of the Town Crier and our community. We are actively seeking new, younger and experienced publishers who will carry the Town Crier into the foreseeable future. Currently, there are at least two potential publishers who have shown some interest. We will…
Nearly 75 days since the start of fiscal year 2015, the U.S. Congress enacted legislation last weekend to fund the federal government through the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30, 2015. While the politics of immigration has disrupted funding for the Homeland Security Department, other agencies, including the U.S. Forest Service, now know…