Flash flooding across Hughway 74 west of McCall Park Road gushed in front of Town Crier photographer just as she approached, turning her back.
Photo by Jenny Kirchner

Flash flooding on Hwy 74
By Jack Clark
Flash flooding across Hughway 74 west of McCall Park Road gushed in front of Town Crier photographer just as she approached, turning her back.
Photo by Jenny Kirchner

Tim Lange, candidate for the Pine Cove Water board, was appointed to fill the remaining term of former President Mike Esnard, who resigned in June. PCWD President Robert Hewitt told his colleagues that Lange was the only person to submit a letter of interest for the seat. The term ends the first week of December…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recognized its talented employees in a ceremony on Dec. 5 at the USDA Jefferson Auditorium in Washington, D.C. Idyllwild resident Heidi Hoggan was one of the honored recipients of the Chief’s Honor Award. Hoggan serves the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), an agency under the USDA, working in the Washington…
Throughout their lives, all of the people in this annual tribute were connected to Idyllwild. And because these are such small communities, many of the names that appear in Town Crier obituaries have appeared in past pages of the Town Crier when those people were alive. In that sense, they live on in the written…
The annual fall Open House at Idyllwild School will be 5:30 to 7 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 30. All parents are invited to attend.
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On Wednesday afternoon, Gov. Jerry Brown appointed Chuck Washington, Temecula city councilman and mayor pro tem, to fill the vacant 3rd District seat on the Riverside County Board of Supervisors. Washington, 62, is expected to take his seat on the Board at its Tuesday meeting, March 10, according to Raymond Smith, the county’s public information…