
Photo by Peter Szabadi

Photo by Tom Pierce
Post 800 honors the fallen
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Ret. Navy Capt. Ned Roberts, a long-time resident, was the featured speaker at Memorial Day at American Legion Post 800 Monday. Roberts recounted some of the many friends he lost during his 30-year naval career and the need to bring back the remains of fallen servicemen from other countries.


Update April 17: Kendra Johnson, Roy Prifogle’s daughter, updated her Facebook page regarding tomorrow’s (Sunday, April 18) search: “*4/17/21 Daddy’s search (Roy Prifogle Missing Hiker)*For the search tomorrow, the SAR [search and rescue] teams have requested that any volunteers from town search east of the 243, as shown in the photo. This is far from…
Needed rain and snow fell on the Hill this weekend, but the several days of intermittent precipitation did not relieve the drought. Snow — winter’s normal gift to the mountains — did arrive and was visible everywhere, although depths varied considerably. Between 5,300- and 5,500-foot elevations, temperatures were substantially cold enough to bring considerable snow…
Rain started falling on the Hill hours before sunrise Thursday, Nov. 29, and continued into the next morning. By noon Friday, about 2.16 inches had been recorded at the Idyllwild Fire Station. The U.S. Forest Service’s Keenwild Ranger Station had received about 2 inches of rain. The higher elevations did receive snow, which could be…
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.
Three traffic collisions, two with injuries, were reported last week on the Hill. At 2:10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 8, Joseph Ruiz, 26, of Heber, claimed a coyote ran in front of his green 2009 Toyota Corolla when he was traveling westbound on Highway 74 near Mile Marker 76, causing him to swerve his vehicle, losing…
The natural gas leak at the Aliso Canyon underground storage facility may affect Hill residents this summer. Reduced availability of natural gas may create power outages during peak days this summer. The California Energy Commission and three other public agencies released a report last week and held a public workshop Friday to address how the…