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On Sunday afternoon, Michael Berryman, manager of the Pine Cove and Mountain Center markets, spoke to the newspaper about how the Nov. 1 reopening of Highway 243 impacted business. Berryman has been managing both locations since May of 2011. Currently, there are four employees at Pine Cove and five at Mountain Center. Having to be…
Next month will be the mail-in ballot election for three seats on the Idyllwild Fire Protection District Commission. Four candidates — Commission President Jeannine Charles-Stigall, Rhonda Andrewson, Steve Kunkle and Nancy Layton — are vying for three seats on the commission. The Town Crier is interviewing each candidate and sponsoring a Candidate’s Forum in early…
Editor’s note: In early February, State Farm Insurance requested a significant emergency increase for its fire insurance policies. California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara did not immediately approve the request. He scheduled a meeting on Feb. 26 to discuss the request and to learn more about State Farm’s financial situation. This a summary of that discussion…
In the posted agenda for the Idyllwild Water District’s Jan. 16 meeting are the items for hiring the new general manager, Michael Creighton, and a chief operation officer, Joel Sears. Creighton has worked at Mt. San Jacinto College as a water technology instructor. His salary will be $104,833 annually. Sears was hired…
Last week, officials from the state Department of Water Resources conducted the annual January snow pack survey. But unlike January 2017, DWR found little snow pack in the Sierra Nevada mountains. At the usual measuring site, they found some snow with the water equivalent of less than half an inch. This is about 3 percent…
Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, Sept. 25 to Oct. 1. Idyllwild • Sept. 25 –– Petty theft, N. Circle Dr. Handled by deputy. • Sept. 26 –– Grand theft, Pine Crest Ave. Report taken. • Sept. 26 –– Civil dispute, Maranatha Dr. Handled…