



PHOTOS: Idyllwild School eighth-grade promotion
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Micah Hitchcock is all smiles as he and fellow students file out of the Idyllwild School gym after the eighth-grade promotion ceremony Wednesday evening.




Last week, the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center announced that the current La Niña weather conditions, which formed in January, have already dissipated. La Niña conditions are associated with cooler surface water temperatures in the Pacific Ocean and stronger trade winds. Typically, this results in drier weather in the southern and southwestern parts of…
Town Crier Members continue to be supportive. Each week, Members are renewing their Memberships, helping to keep us serving our Hill community. So, because you Members are staying with us and brand-new Members keep joining, when the full California reopening eventually arrives, the Town Crier will be here — ready to advertise for our inns,…
The California Highway Patrol San Gorgonio Pass Area will be deploying a DUI checkpoint in an undisclosed location of the Hemet/San Jacinto Valley area from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m., Friday, Jan. 15. The sobriety checkpoint will be conducted by numerous CHP Officers who are highly trained in the detection of alcohol and / or…
Two California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) trout hatcheries in the Eastern Sierras are continuing to fight an outbreak of Lactococcus petauri, a naturally occurring bacteria that sickens fish. The current outbreak was first detected in April 2022. CDFW fishery managers announced this week that about 350,000 infected catchable rainbow trout are now showing…
With minimal discussion, the Fern Valley Water District directors concurred with the Rate and Revenue Committee’s recommendation for new water rates last Friday. The board will vote on the proposal at its Oct. 20 regular meeting. The committee, composed of directors Trisha Clark and Robert Krieger, has been developing the new rate recommendations for more…
Voters in Riverside County and Statewide approved the passage of Proposition 50, which will change California’s current congressional maps. Idyllwild and neighboring communities will become part of District 48. Already the Hill’s U.S. Congressman, Ken Calvert, has announced he will seek re-election to the new District 40, which does not include the Hill communities. Statewide…