By Becky and Jack Clark Co-publishers Of course, anyone may become a Town Crier Member at any time in the future, and we hope you do, if you haven’t already. But those who become Members in our very first Membership year — i.e., up until and including Aug. 31, 2018, that’s Friday of this week…

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department has been awarded nearly $600,000 grant to help fund the expansion of the existing Body-Worn Camera program. The U.S.  Department of Justice grant is for the current fiscal year and next. The funding will cover the remaining nine patrol stations with staff, which do not have this equipment. This grant,…

County Service Area 36 (Idyllwild) End of fiscal year 2013-14 As of June 30, 2014 Sept. 30, 2014 Revenues $246,737.40 $3,055.20 Expenses $198,891.60 $90,748.83 Cash Balance $216,590.84 $124,392.80   County Service Area 38 (Pine Cove) End of fiscal year 2013-14 As of June 30, 2014 Sept. 30, 2014 Revenues $154,578.78 $2,584.55 Expenses $172,096.61 $2,509.55 Cash…

Congressman Raul Ruiz, MD, posted the above video via Facebook Live today, explaining how a letter from the Idyllwild Town Crier prompted him to act to protect the viability of newspapers across the country, saddled with increased printing costs due to a new tariff.

The new public restrooms on North Circle Drive in the Mile High Plaza were open to the public this Monday, Dec. 18, and the Crier has confirmed they are in working order. The Americans with Disability Act accessible facilities are the end product of more than 20 years of wrangling, and efforts by former supervisors…