All federal offices, including the Idyllwild Post Office and the Idyllwild Ranger Station will be closed Wednesday, Dec. 5, to observe a national day of mourning for former President George H.W. Bush.
No mail delivery this Wednesday
By Idyllwild Town Crier
All federal offices, including the Idyllwild Post Office and the Idyllwild Ranger Station will be closed Wednesday, Dec. 5, to observe a national day of mourning for former President George H.W. Bush.
The Riverside County Board of Supervisors last week unanimously approved the amendments to its land use and zoning ordinance (348) regarding detached buildings. The amendments, which local Realtors and architects had recommended to the board, made an exception for property above 4,000 feet. “That portion of the ordinance that had previously allowed private garages to…
Riverside County Executive Officer Jeffrey Van Wagenen Jr. presented his midyear review of the fiscal (FY) 2021-22 budget to the board of supervisors at the March 1 meeting.Through the first six months of the FY, county spending has been consistent with initial projections and no unexpected or major problems have been identified.Consequently, the board found…
Dr. Frank Vernon, research geophysicist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego (UCSD), will head a team and project that will install seismic monitoring stations at a number of locations on the Hill to measure San Jacinto Fault activity. Two of the stations will be in Idyllwild. The others will be…
By Riverside County Office of EducationContributed For a student whose formal education came to an end after the eighth grade, the life of World War II veteran Eliodoro “Lolo” Gonzalez is an important lesson in making the most of every situation in life.At the age of 95, Gonzalez is about to receive something he never…
Only one candidate has stepped forward for the empty seat on the Idyllwild Water Board of Directors. John Stamper, who also submitted a letter of intent the last time the seat was vacant, was present at the February 18 meeting, and answered a few questions from the board. Director Steve Olson was absent, but President…...
A 4.6-magnitude earthquake hit west-northwest of Big Bear Lake just before 10 a.m. The tremor was felt in the San Jacinto Mountains. Earlier, the U.S. Geological Survey reported two 4.6-magnitude earthquakes in the area but updated that to one 4.6 and one 2.7 magnitude, and now one at 3.4 magnitude at about the same time…