
Above, more than 100 quilts were on display at the Idyllwild Autumn Quilt Show held at the Buckhorn Camp on Saturday and Sunday. Mountain Quilters of Idyllwild held the annual event.
Photo by John Pacheco
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Above, more than 100 quilts were on display at the Idyllwild Autumn Quilt Show held at the Buckhorn Camp on Saturday and Sunday. Mountain Quilters of Idyllwild held the annual event.
Photo by John Pacheco
Motorists who travel highway 74 to Palm Desert have recently found themselves running a gauntlet of potholes and debris from attempted repairs. During the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, many motorists suffered flat tires there. Locals have noted repair work for several months, but take issue with the results, and one has started a petition to bring…
Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation that will allow terminally ill Californians to obtain medication to aid in dying, making California the fifth state to permit patients to terminate their lives. No longer will California “… make it a crime for a dying person to end his life, no matter how great his pain or suffering”…
At about 4:55 a.m. Monday, Aug. 23, Idyllwild Postmaster Lorraine Sonoqui was awakened with the news that Idyllwild’s post office had been vandalized in an apparent break-in attempt. Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies responded. A good deal of gouging at the white double door leading to the back room evidenced an attempted break-in, and three boxholders’…
Editor’s note: July 2018 marks the fifth anniversary of the Mountain Fire that caused Idyllwild and Fern Valley residents to evacuate. This is the personal account of one evacuee, Fern Valley resident and then-Town Crier Staff Reporter Marshall Smith. One can never feel safe when wildfire threatens. That is one of the lessons I learned…
Fire log The Idyllwild Fire Station responded to the following calls, Tuesday, Sept. 2, through Monday, Sept. 8. Idyllwild • Sept. 2 — No responses. • Sept. 3 — Two medical aids. • Sept. 4 — Two medical aids. • Sept. 5 — Two rescues. • Sept. 6 — Rescue. • Sept. 7 —…
The California Highway Patrol reported one collision on Hill highways over the last week. At 10:55 a.m. Saturday, May 21, Kenneth Roger Wilson Jr., 40, of Murrieta, was driving his 2007 grey Honda Odyssey eastbound on Highway 74 just west of Morris Ranch Road when he made an unsafe turning movement. Wilson’s Odyssey then struck…