Sometime between 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, and Monday morning, a thief or thieves broke into mail boxes in the Idyllwild Post office. “Both mail and parcels were stolen and there were multiple victims,” said Sergeant Sgt. Ken Reichle of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Hemet Station. If anyone has any leads on the investigation, they…

At its Aug. 23 meeting, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors approved a change to the days the local grinding facility is open. Beginning Friday, Sept. 2, the facility will be open three days per week — all during the week and no weekend days. The new schedule will be from 8 a.m. to 4…

Quite a stir is made about the issues (loud noise, parking, etc.) related to short-term rentals. Another issue brought up in letters to the editor is the extreme lack of long-term rentals due to the increased number of short-term rentals. Barry Kayton and his family have been trying to relocate to Idyllwild. His daughter will…

The Idyllwild Scholarship Fund Board of Trustees is accepting donations toward the fund for this year’s graduating Idyllwild high school seniors. Last year’s recipients of a total of $12,000 were Justin Chrysler, Benjamin Mettler, Ana Rincan, Ashlee Strunk and Dante Yardas. To donate, mail checks payable to the Idyllwild Scholarship Fund to P.O. Box 778,…

Idyllwild Arts Academy (IAA) is an environment that nurtures arts exploration — a place for high school students to hone their art of choice while completing the necessary credits to graduate high school.  Four-year student Aminta Skye spoke with the Town Crier via Zoom over the weekend, telling her story about how IAA has shaped…