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Fifteen residents graduated this weekend from the Mountain Disaster Preparedness CERT class. Welcoming the group is Idyllwild Fire Department Chief Norm Walker. The course was certified by the U.S. Office of Emergency Services and totaled 20 hours of instruction. Instructors were Rick Foster, Nancy Layton and EMT Greg Minor.

Fire log Idyllwild Fire Station responded to the following calls, Monday to Sunday, July 27 to Aug. 2. Idyllwild  • July 27 — Two walk-in medical aids. • July 28 — Fire, other. • July 28 — Two walk-in medical aids. • July 29 — Medical aid, Double View Dr. • July 29 — Medical…

You’ve probably noticed that with the warmer weather visitors have been swarming our Hill each weekend — and Hill businesses are advertising again. Our inns get free Town Criers and other TC publications for each room, and our off-the-Hill Members often bring their Town Criers with them when they come visit. And if they left…

About 5:30 a.m. Friday, a 2.9-magnitude earthquake occurred about 4 miles south of Idyllwild. The original estimate was a 3.4-magnitude quake. The quake rumbled for several seconds before ending in a boom. No major damage has been reported. The tremor was felt from Murrieta and Temecula in the west and east to Indio based on…