The Town Crier invites all businesses, organizations and individuals (musicians, artists, etc.) to submit event listings for the winter/spring Idyllwild Guide that will be published in October. Sumbit listings for events that will occur from October through May 2012. Please include date, time and location of event. In addition to being seen in the Idyllwild…

About 100 people came to Town Hall last Thursday night to hear and communicate with three fire chiefs representing four jurisdictions on the Hill. Each chief spoke independently on topics such as yard abatement, house hardening, the upcoming fire season, evacuation during a fire, projects to protect the community and the reverse 911 system. Unlike…

The Idyllwild Community Center board is hosting a community meeting at 5 p.m. Monday, April 4, at the Rustic Theatre. “We want to make certain everyone in the community knows when the project will start and how it benefits the community and what will be part of Phase 1,” stated Janice Lyle, chair of the…

Kacee Lloyd Monroe was convicted in 2004 for the Nov. 19, 2001, second-degree murder of his friend Austin Ross, both 16, and both Pine Cove residents. Austin died of blunt-force trauma to the head and was buried in the woods. Monroe was sentenced to 16 years to life. On Oct. 2, of this year, a…

Historians, researchers, and people exploring genealogy will have an new window to the past thanks to a new law Secretary of State Debra Bowen sponsored and the governor approved last Friday. California voter rolls will be available to the public after 100 years. Personal identifiers, such as Social Security and drivers license numbers, were not…