Despite some dissension, the Mile High Radio Club last Thursday approved the agreement for operating local emergency radio station WNKI (1610 AM) that the Idyllwild Fire Protection District commission approved at its November meeting. The approval is the culmination of a two-year process of negotiations between the club and IFPD. After the meeting, MHRC President…

With all the warnings that the approaching El Niño weather pattern and its accompanying rains will be greater than the 1997-98 rainfall, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors has already adopted a proclamation of local emergency. Emergency Management Department Director Kim Saruwatari made the unusual request. In her memorandum to the board, she said El…

Idyllwild Water District has met several times with staff and managers of the Riverside County Park and Open-Space District regarding constructing a storage tank to serve the Tollgate zone, including Idyllwild Arts Academy. The sessions have been very successful, according to Board President Allan Morphett. At the Regional Parks District Advisory Committee Sept. 13 meeting,…

The following is a press release submitted to the Idyllwild Town Crier by the U.S. Forest Service: SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Officials with San Bernardino National Forest today announced a new forest order, which reduces the size of the Cranston Fire Closure Area. The original orderon July 28 temporarily closed all U.S. Forest Service lands…

On Sept. 27, the Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission released its 340-page report. It included 148 recommendations to the administration as well Congress and state, local and tribal governments. Background The commission was authorized as part of the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. It directed the secretaries of Agriculture, Interior and Homeland Security to establish…