A Celebration of Life for Wayne Parker was held Friday afternoon, March 8, in the Fireside Room at the Idyllwild Arts Academy campus. Parker worked for the school and the Idyllwild Town Crier.



Community remembers Wayne Parker
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Wayne Parker’s wife Lori Parker (right) is comforted by a friend of her husband’s who served in the military with Parker as a paratrooper. Photo by Jenny Kirchner
A Celebration of Life for Wayne Parker was held Friday afternoon, March 8, in the Fireside Room at the Idyllwild Arts Academy campus. Parker worked for the school and the Idyllwild Town Crier.



Pile burning ignitions are currently in progress at the Keenwild Fire Station to the north of town, according to the San Bernardino National Forest. Smoke and flame may be visible. Do not call 911.
A two-vehicle traffic collision was reported at Keenwild Fire Station on Highway 243 in Mountain Center just before 4 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 7. A moderate injury was reported. Traffic was one lane but is clear in both lanes now.
Alphonso Nguyen, 34, of Garden Grove was found safe at about 3 p.m. Tuesday, April 28, after calling 911 the previous Saturday at about 4:15 p.m. from his dying cell phone. Nguyen was found with just cuts and bruises and some dehydration near Azalea Girl Scout Camp on Dark Canyon Road, said Sgt. Lawler…
In other races of local interest, incumbent Democrat Rep. Dr. Raul Ruiz retained his Congressional District 36 seat despite the Republican wave throughout the country. He defeated Republican challenger Assemblyman Brian Nestande by about 9,500 votes out of the 126,000 cast in this race. From the initial vote-by-mail posted results Tuesday evening through Saturday’s totals,…
Idyllwild’s fruit trees will be better cultivated starting this year with the help of a group of residents concerned with improving local food security …
By Jack and Becky Clark Co-publishers When we decided we needed to appeal to Town Crier readers, we had no idea what their response would be. We simply knew that relying on local business advertising would no longer work for our Hill, so Town Crier readers — the folk who seem to appreciate it most…