The prospective arraignment of Robert Pape for the 2006 triple homicide in Piñyon Pines was deferred a month until June 13. This is the fourth postponement of Pape’s arraignment since his arrest in March. On the night of Sept. 17, 2006, Becky Friedli, 18, her mother, Vicki Friedli, 53, and Vickie’s boyfriend, Jon Hayward, 55,…

As part of new amendments to the ambulance service contract between the Idyllwild Fire Protection District and Riverside County, IFPD is required to install mobile data computers (MDC) in its vehicles within one year. The equipment must also be purchased. Third District Supervisor Jeff Stone gave the fire department $20,000 in November 2010 to help…

The Town Crier’s founder, Ernie Maxwell, noted the changing seasons and the tides of history in editorials and occasional items. Maxwell’s Thanksgiving thoughts are as apt and meaningful today as the day they were written. In 1948, under the headline “Cause for Thanksgiving,” he wrote: “First, for the precious privilege of living in these mountains;…