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By Idyllwild Town Crier

Former Idyllwild Water Department (IWD) intern Natalie Vidales wrote a letter to the district dated Sept. 17, 2019 addressing an incident that occurred in the office on Monday, Sept. 16, 2019.In her letter she writes, “On Monday, Sept. 16, 2019 at approximately 4:30 p.m. there was an incident in the front office of IWD. Someone…
Last week, the National Weather Service raised the probability that an El Niño event will continue through the winter to 95 percent, up from the August estimate of 90 percent. The event is expected to gradually weaken in the spring. “El Niño is now strong with a 95 percent chance it will last through the…
By Zach BehrensU.S. Forest Service Danelle D. Harrison has been tapped to lead the San Bernardino National Forest (SBNF) as its new forest supervisor. She reported for duty Monday morning, replacing Tom Hall, who temporarily led the forest over the last four months and returns to his position in Washington, D.C., as a legislative affairs…
Board wants to consider Stage 1 Emergency Addressing its water quality issue was not the only issue on the agenda for the Idyllwild Water District last week. (See the accompanying story on A1 about more solutions to water quality.) Water production for July was 10.2-million gallons, which was 660,000 gallons less than July 2017. For…
Cal Fire Cal Fire recently responded to the following calls by station. Station 23 – Pine Cove • June 1 — Gas leak outside, 4:27 p.m. • June 1 — Traffic collision, 5:29 p.m. • June 3 — Vegetation fire, 3:22 p.m. • June 3 — Electrical hazard, 3:28 p.m. • June 4 — Traffic…
The U.S. Forest Service, Idyllwild Fire and Cal Fire rescued a fallen rock climber in the wilderness Tuesday afternoon. Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire reported that the rescue involved a rock climber who fell and was seriously injured near the Forest Haven Trail. The patient, an adult male was rescued by Cal Fire Helicopter 301, transferred to…