Idyllwild Fire Department is hosting a blood drive this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the station.
Blood drive this Saturday
By Idyllwild Town Crier
Idyllwild Fire Department is hosting a blood drive this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the station.
The U.S. Forest Service has had to cancel its planned “Native Plants and Pollinator Walk” scheduled for this Saturday. The anticipation of bad — snowy and icy — weather is the culprit. Anne Poopatanapong, Forest Service District wildlife biologist, says “I hope to reschedule at a different time.” Stay close to find out when the…
Riverside County’s new Emergency Management Department has issued a request for proposal to replace the current emergency warning notification system, commonly referred to as “reverse 911,” with a new system. The current system became operational during the summer of 2007. The RFP was released Sept. 28. The bids are due on Thursday, Nov. 5, and…
Optimism and good news were prevalent at last week’s Mountain Area Safety Taskforce meeting. Fire officials from forest fire agencies — U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management and CAL FIRE — discussed their preparations for the 2012 fire season that has already begun.
By Marshall Smith Staff Reporter The Mountain Emergency Services Committee monthly public meeting on Thursday, March 16, had a full house. Even though the MEMSCOMM meetings provide general preparedness information, they are generally not well attended. But with “active shooter” scenarios and training provided by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, turnout for the meeting…
The Forest Service needs help to count bald eagles for the 35th season in the annual winter bald eagle counts …
While the three Hill water districts are not immune to the drought overwhelming Southern California, they also are not as vulnerable as most of the region.All three local water districts — Fern Valley (FVWD), Idyllwild (IWD) and Pine Cove (PCWD) — rely on annual precipitation — rain and, especially, snow — to percolate into the…