
Photo by Jenny Kirchner
The IAA class of 2015
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The Idyllwild Arts Academy class of 2015 celebrates after they receive their diplomas and turn their tassels. For the first time in history, the school’s senior graduation was moved into IAF Theatre due to inclement weather on Saturday morning.

Editor’s note: Idyllwild Fire Protection District Commissioner Dr. Charles “Chip” Schelly submitted this letter to the Town Crier last week. On Friday, July 6, he discussed his idea in more detail. Click here to see accompanying story. By Dr. Charles “Chip” Shelley Ladies and gentlemen, athletes and spectators of all shapes and sizes, is it…
At its Wednesday, March 19 meeting, the Riverside County Planning Commission heard a request to make a change in the County’s General Plan Foundation Component. The site is between Marian View and Highway 243, which it abuts. It is at the end of Saddle Dr. and the terminus of both Linger Lane and Crestview Dr….
According to the preliminary California Highway Patrol report, at 4:55 p.m. Sunday, June 4, John Gallegos, 52, of Rancho Mirage, was driving his blue 2014 Volkswagen eastbound on Franklin Drive, 30 feet east of Highway 243, when he made a right turn and ran into a fence. Gallegos fled the scene and was eventually picked…
Opening statements in the trial of Robert Pape and Cristin Smith, both 29, charged with the 2006 murders of Jon Hayward, Vicki Friedli and Vicki’s daughter Becky in Pinyon, began Monday. Both have pleaded not guilty. Three counts of murder, with a special circumstance allegation of committing multiple murders, were filed on June 8, 2016,…
Caltrans will be making road repairs on Highway 243 from mile post marker 1 to 5.25 near the Forest Service to near Point of Rocks Drive this week. One-way traffic control on the highway will occur from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday to Thursday, July 8 to 10. Caltrans will be installing recessed pavement…
Feb. 14, 2019 at 9:15 a.m. — Boulders partially blocked both lanes of Highway 243 approximately a mile north of the the USFS station at Alandale, about 3 1/2 miles north of Pine Cove. Photo by Becky Clark