
Construction begins soon for Phase I of the Idyllwild Community Center. Photos by JP Crumrine
Idyllwild Community Center site closed for construction
By Idyllwild Town Crier


Construction begins soon for Phase I of the Idyllwild Community Center. Photos by JP Crumrine
Caltrans will have escort vehicles available Caltrans announced Monday evening that Highway 74 will be opened, with an escort pilot vehicle, for several hours each day within four to six weeks. Several hundred people attended the community meeting, which the Mountain Disaster Preparedness group organized, while several hundred watched it as a live stream or later…
Remember that the objective of all of us participating in the Town Crier’s Membership model is for the paper to continue on when Becky and I retire — and I’m almost 73 now. The Town Crier must be acquired by younger publishers willing to continue a real newspaper for our Hill. For that to happen,…
Helping to protect Idyllwild from devastation are many local firefighters, from Idylwild Fire, Cal Fire and the U.S. Forest Service, San Jacinto Ranger District. Here are few:
Sparks spewing from a chimney in Royal Pines prompted a call to 911 around 7:15p.m. Wednesday night. Idyllwild Fire responded to the scene and quickly located the issue. No injuries were reported and the scene was cleared within about a half hour.
On Tuesday, April 9, Chief of the U.S. Forest Service Victoria Christiansen testified before the U.S. Senate’s Energy and Natural Resources Committee about the agency’s fiscal year 2019-20 (which begins October 1) request. Nearly 80 million acres, 40 percent of the National Forest System, “are at moderate to high risk from catastrophic fire,” Christiansen began…