Last week, we participated in a two-hour conference call with a Connecticut newspaper panel interested in hearing about your Town Crier’s membership model to help save their own paper. Fortunately, there are many good people in that community who realize the importance of independent journalism and because of their efforts, their paper now has excellent…

Only one traffic collision occurred on hill roads over the last week, Officer Darren Meyer of the California Highway Patrol reports. At 7:20 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 9, two vehicles collided on Highway 243 about one-quarter mile south of Saunders Meadow Road. A black 2006 Honda Accord, driven by Jacob Fetchko, 25 of San Jacinto,…

The Idyllwild Fire Protection District (IFPD) received its new ambulance and has been running calls. Some members of the public contacted the newspaper regarding the ambulance running calls without being marked as an ambulance.The ambulance does not have to pass a California Highway Patrol (CHP) inspection and be issued a permit before being in service…