Idyllwild Fire is telling us that the smoke you smell and see in the air is blowing in from the Camp Pendleton area.
Smoke in the air
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Idyllwild Fire is telling us that the smoke you smell and see in the air is blowing in from the Camp Pendleton area.
Idyllwild Animal Rescue Friends was honored recently with a grant from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The funds will help ARF develop a disaster preparedness plan for resident pets.
Your new or renewed Town Crier Membership comes with a big extra: Thanks to the generosity of Bruce Ross and Eileen Gallo-Ross, each TC new or renewed Membership receives discounts at the Red Kettle restaurant in downtown Idyllwild on up to two meals per day for six months!So, become a Member, if you’re not already,…
In an addition to its monthly board meeting, Pine Cove Water District directors toured the new pumping infrastructure installed at the highway wells off Highway 243, south of the district office. The new pumps will provide a 400-gallon per minute flow from Dutch Flat to the tanks atop Rocky Point, which will give the district…
The May and June residential water sales and consumption increased over the same period last year, as reported at the Fern Valley Water District’s board of directors July meeting. In 2012, consumption increased more than 600,000 gallons compared to the same two months in 2011. Sales grew about $10,000 ($53,600 compared to $43,700). Unaccounted-for water…
The Idyllwild Water District directors approved the acquiring a granular-activated carbon filter as the solution to the current high level of disinfectant by-products. These chemicals — trihalomethanes (such as chloroform) and haloacetic acids — are formed from the reaction between chlorine, the purification chemical and natural organic material in the water. The appearance of disinfection…
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…