

Santa’s mail box at post office, ready for letters
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Santa’s Mail Box is now at the Idyllwild Post Office ready to receive letters from local children. Santa’s postal elves Kelsi Lehman, Christina Edwards, Postmaster Kelly Gates and Sherry Kaufman, present the box all ready for the first letters to Santa. Children may mail their letters to Santa up until noon Monday, Dec. 17, in order to reach the North Pole in time for Christmas. And every year, Santa gives the Town Crier permission to print some of the letters he receives from Idyllwild boys and girls in the newspaper. Photo by James Larkin

Cal Fire/Riverside County and Idyllwild Fire departments personnel responded to a report of an injured hiker at Humber Park at 11:37 a.m. Friday, Dec. 28. The incident occurred off of the Ernie Maxwell Trail. It is unclear at this time if the patient was a hiker or a climber. The 20-year-old male patient with a…
A rocket passed over the Fairway market in Idyllwild. Jennifer Muir was able to capture the event in the attached video. IMG_0696
On Tuesday, Oct. 23, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing on the Planning Commission’s recommendation to amend Ordinance 348 to regulate cannabis activities within the unincorporated areas of Riverside County, including the Hill. The hearing’s notice states the project case file may be viewed from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m….
Kindergarten registration for the 2013-14 school year will begin May 1 at Idyllwild School and Hemet Unified School District Centralized Registration Office. Registration hours will be 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Enrollment forms will be available April 15. A child is eligible to attend kindergarten if he or she is five years…
The end-of-year financial report for fiscal 2012-13, a patient outcome assessment and board policies were all discussed during the Aug. 27 Idyllwild Fire Protection District commission meeting. For the last fiscal year, IFPD had its fourth-consecutive deficit since 2009. From July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013, the department’s expenses were about $91,500 more than…
Capt. Mike Alvarez of the California Highway Patrol’s San Gorgonio office was at the April Pine Cove Property Owners Association meeting. During the meeting, some members discussed their adventures taking the detour to Hemet through Anza in the early morning. Highway 371 tended to have less enforcement and, therefore, more dangerous driving episodes. CHP posted…