Efforts to re-establish the native population of Mountain Yellow-legged Frogs will resume in 2013. The initial project will be relocating several hundred frogs — sub-adults — in the James Reserve later this spring, according to Adam R. Backlin, ecologist at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Western Ecological Research Center in Irvine. “The last couple of years…

By Hemet Unified School DistrictContributed Dr. Jennifer Martin, director of special education, was promoted to the position of assistant superintendent of student services at the HUSD board meeting on July 21. Martin said she is excited about the transition from a director to the assistant superintendent of student services and having the opportunity to further…

Last June, the Idyllwild Fire Protection District and the City of San Jacinto voted to form a joint power authority to supply the city with fire and medical emergency services. It was originally scheduled to go into effect July 1, but a last-minute uncertainty involving dispatch service resulted in the city voting to put off…

At 9:50 p.m. on Friday, March 22, Dustin Kinser, 29, of Aguanga, was driving a white 1990 Dodge Ram truck westbound on Highway 74, 1 mile east of Ribbonwood Drive, when, for unknown reasons, he made an unsafe turning movement. The vehicle careened into a guardrail, damaging 10 feet of the structure and causing moderate…

Editor’s note: Each year, the Town Crier reports the information below for the three local water districts — Fern Valley, Idyllwild and Pine Cove — and the Idyllwild Fire Protection. The FVWD information appeared in the Feb. 7 issue. PCWD will appear next week followed by IFPD. Each district provides the information to the state…