The Mountain Emergency Services Committee highlighted its monthly meeting with a presentation by Michael Beltran, Imperial Irrigation District, regarding dangers posed by active shooters in public areas. The meeting was held last Wednesday at the Idyllwild Library Community Room. Beltran is a retired policeman, with experience in special weapons and tactics (SWAT) and criminal intelligence….

Former Idyllwild Water Department (IWD) intern Natalie Vidales wrote a letter to the district dated Sept. 17, 2019 addressing an incident that occurred in the office on Monday, Sept. 16, 2019.In her letter she writes, “On Monday, Sept. 16, 2019 at approximately 4:30 p.m. there was an incident in the front office of IWD. Someone…

Two collisions occurred on Highway 243 in about one hour of each other last Thursday, according to California Highway Patrol Public Information Officer Matt Napier.On Thursday, Feb. 18 at 1:30 p.m. Jennifer Nicole Brown, 20 of Hemet, was driving her white 2019 Nissan Sentra south on Highway 243 just north of Highway 74 at an…

At noon Saturday, Dec. 26, Thomas Bennett, 72, of Carlsbad, was driving his blue 2011 Dodge Ram truck east on Highway 74 east of Santa Rosa Truck Trail when he hit an icy patch, ran up onto the embankment and overturned. According to California Highway Patrol Public Information Officer Darren Meyer, Bennett was driving too…

The U.S. Forest Service – San Bernardino National Forest still has not released the cause of the Bonita Fire. The wildland fire was reported at 1:16 a.m. Friday, Jan. 15.The newspaper previously reported the fire forced the evacuation of Mountain Center and road closures at Morris Ranch Road and Borco Street on Highway 74 and…

We received a call this week from Peter and Jill Hogenson, a couple living in Long Beach. They related that they came to Idyllwild back in 1974 when Ernie had the Town Crier. They loved it so much they married here in 1975 and had a second home in Fern Valley for a number of…