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Mrs. Longbrook’s first grade class performs a dance routine during Blast to the Past on Friday evening in the Idyllwild School gymnasium. The event is organized by the Associated Student Body. It is an opportunity for students to show off their talents and ASB to raise funds for the school’s many annual field trips. Photo by Halie Johnson
















The Riverside County Department of Waste Resources has scheduled a tire event in Idyllwild from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 5. Residents may bring old and unwanted tires — only tires — to the county yard at 25780 Johnson Road that day. This is on the right just beyond the Idyllwild Fire Station. DWR…
In October, John W. Johnston, 31, of Idyllwild, pleaded guilty to unlawful intercourse with a minor more than three years younger than himself. Earlier this month, his sentence of 112 days in a work-release program was revoked. On Jan.10, Riverside County requested that the work-release time be converted to straight jail time. Judge Kelly Hansen…
The city of San Jacinto placed the proposed Joint Powers Agreement with the Idyllwild Fire Protection District on its June 7 agenda. City Manager Tim Hults, in a memorandum to the council, said they had two basic options. The first was to continue to contract with Riverside County for fire and emergency services. This might…
Editor’s note: This is a press release from the U.S. Forest Service. The U.S. Forest Service’s Pacific Southwest Region (Region 5) is inviting the public to help identify trails that will be part of an effort — with partners and volunteers — to increase the pace of trail maintenance. Nationwide, the Forest Service will select…
Membership renewals approaching By Jack Clark Co-publisher and General Counsel Yes, the Town Crier is for sale. But, no, we’re not in a hurry. We are committed to finding the right publishers who will continue a real newspaper for our Hill — a paper that will carry on as a community watchdog publishing the bad…
Criminal case hearing next As previously reported, the Riverside County District Attorney has filed three felony counts against Pine Cove resident Pamela Allen, 66, for a March 2017 collision with Julia Romero, 18, of Idyllwild. In parallel with the criminal suit, Romero, through attorney Matthew Poelstra, has filed a civil suit seeking to recover medical…