

Mountain Center Cafe now open
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The Mountain Center Cafe had a “soft opening” on Friday morning, May 17. The cafe serves breakfast and lunch and is located at the junction of highways 243 and 74, next to the Mountain Center Post Office. Photo by Halie Johnson

The Idyllwild Chamber of Commerce board of directors continues to try to reach some settlement with David Roy, according to President Chris Titus. After announcing they were considering dismantling and auctioning the monument, which the chamber had commissioned from Roy, Roy has made two separate settlement offers to the chamber, he said.
County Service Area 36 Advisory Committee, which oversees parcel-tax funded recreation and street lamps in Idyllwild, has two vacancies. Opal Hellweg, 3rd District Supervisor Chuck Washington’s legislative assistant, confirmed that vacancies will be filled in time for the next scheduled meeting — 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 23, at Town Hall. Four people have applied for…
Fire log The Idyllwild Fire Station responded to the following calls, Wednesday to Monday, Feb. 25 to March 2. Idyllwild • Feb. 25 — Service call, North Circle Dr., 7:03 a.m. • Feb. 25 — Trash or rubbish fire, contained, Dickenson Rd., 6:03 p.m. • Feb. 26 — Medical aid, in station, 9:20 a.m., one…
LaMont offered Idyllwild Fire Chief position As reported in last week’s Town Crier, the Idyllwild Fire Protection District Commission unanimously decided to offer the position of fire chief to current Assistant and Acting Chief Mark LaMont. Commission President Jerry Buchanan announced the decision after the conclusion of a nearly three-hour-long closed session. It is still…
Idyllwild Water District residents will have a choice of five candidates for the three director seats up for election in the August mail-in ballot election. Running for re-election are President Jim Billman and Warren Monroe and Dean Lattin, who is in his first election. The two challengers are Steven Kunkle and June Rockwell. Ballots must…