

PHOTO: MDP’s ‘boots on the ground’ exercise
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Mountain Disaster Preparedness conducted a four-hour “boots on the ground” exercise on Saturday. Here at the Town Hall Disaster Assistance Station, acting group commander Ian Schoenleber (standing center, back to camera) discusses the scenario with fellow team members. Photo by Cheryl Basye

Please remember: Your new or renewed Town Crier Membership comes with some nice extras. A fine one is discounts on up to two meals per day for six entire months at The Red Kettle restaurant in downtown Idyllwild, supplied through the generosity of Red Kettle owners Bruce Ross and Eileen Gallo-Ross. (Note to other businesses:…
Idyllwild Community Fund (ICF) announces its Advisory Board elected for 2024. This working group includes several new and returning members recruited throughout 2023, representing a healthy cross-section of the Idyllwild community. Officers are President Nancy Beddingfield (Idyllwild Library, volunteer tutor); Vice President Annie Weaver (Idyllwild Help Center board, Idyllwild resident 40-plus year; Secretary Molly Coyner…
The Idyllwild Town Crier garnered a second place win in the 2018 National Newspaper Association’s Better Editorial Contest in the category “Editions — Best Local News Coverage” among daily and non-daily newspapers with a circulation of less than 3,000. Judge notes for the entry were, “Excellent news coverage of diverse topics to showcase the local…
The winter season is upon us, and the snowy and rainy conditions can make for challenging travel as family, friends, food and festive occasions pull Californians all over the state. “As winter settles in, Californians will start to see a whole new set of extreme conditions,” said Caltrans Director Toks Omishakin. “Please take care out…
The regularly scheduled Lake Hemet Municipal Water District board of directors meeting, scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 16, was canceled. The next regular board meeting is planned for 3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 21, at the district office, 26385 Fairview Ave., Hemet.
Pam Allen’s May 16 trial readiness conference was rescheduled for July 18. In April 2017, Allen, 66, of Pine Cove, was charged with three felonies for the March 31 collision with Julia Romero, 18, also of Idyllwild, on Highway 243. Two of the charges were for driving under the influence and causing great bodily injury….