Editor’s note: Each year, the Town Crier reports the information below for the three local water districts — Fern Valley, Idyllwild and Pine Cove — and the Idyllwild Fire Protection. The FVWD information appeared in the Feb. 7 issue. PCWD will appear next week followed by IFPD. Each district provides the information to the state…

The Bonita Fire is 100% contained.The newspaper contacted the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) after receiving a response from Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department that the cause was under investigation by the USFS.As of Feb. 2, the newspaper was told by USFS there was nothing regarding an update that week and maybe we would want to…

Gov. Gavin Newsom put the Southern California region on a Stay-at-Home order. It went into effect Sunday at 11:59 p.m. and will be in place for at least three weeks. The order, which includes Riverside County, was triggered because Intensive Care Unit (ICU) capacity dropped below 15% in the region.“We have seen cases and other…

Wildfires are not unexpected events for Hill residents. Major fires, such as the recent Cranston Fire and the 2013 Mountain and Silver fires, are not annual disasters, but frequent enough to keep residents alert and prepared to react. The Cranston Fire burned more than 13,000 acres and the Mountain Fire burned more than twice that…

Robert (Bob) Muir lived in Idyllwild for nearly half a century and he wasn’t born here. In today’s peripatetic world, that feat alone deserves recognition …