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.



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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.



Caltrans awarded a $1.2 million Emergency Director’s Order to Griffith Construction Company last week as a result of the recent Silver Fire, which damaged portions of Highway 243 between Interstate 10 near Banning and the Twin Pines community north of Idyllwild. Griffith and the specialized subcontractors worked to repair the damaged guardrail so that the…
Around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 28, a 2011 Scion XG driven by Chad Timmerman, 22, of San Jacinto rolled over three-tenths of a mile west of Strawberry Creek Bridge on Highway 74, according to the California Highway Patrol. Timmerman had been driving westbound and was not injured. No other vehicles were involved. The CHP report…
One reportable collision occurred on Highway 243 almost two weeks ago, according to California Highway Patrol (CHP) Public Information Officer Matt Napier.The newspaper will report on the fatality that occurred on Sunday, May 9 as soon as CHP is able to release information.At 10:55 p.m. Saturday, May 8, Jaimethon Llyr Titties, 20 of Twentynine Palms,…
Idyllwild Fire Protection Department personnel and Idyllwild Volunteer Company 621 responded to a report of a single vehicle that overturned around 7:55 a.m. on Thursday morning on Hwy. 243 just before Marion View Drive. The occupant was transported to Hemet Hospital with minor injuries. The cause of the crash is under investigation
John Miller of the San Bernardino National Forest has shared the following warning for the visitors to the San Jacinto Ranger District. Fire Danger Elevated to “Very High” on the San Bernardino National Forest — Fire Restrictions Increased Fire Danger increases with the unseasonable warmer, drier weather along with persistent Santa Ana wind conditions. Weather…
The area where the 2018 Cranston Fire burned reopened to the public Aug. 1, officials announced. The Cranston Fire burn area has been closed since July 25, 2018, when the fire was lit by an arsonist along Highway 74 between Hemet and Mountain Center. A forest order closing the area expired Wednesday [July 31] evening…