The U. S. Small Business Administration is offering low-interest working capital federal disaster loans to small businesses economically impacted by the Mountain Fire that occurred July 15 to July 30, 2013, SBA Administrator Karen G. Mills said today. SBA acted under its own authority to declare a disaster in response to a request SBA received…

The Mountain Center Post Office reopened for business Monday. Mail delivery service has resumed and postal customers in Mountain Center will receive all mail that was held at the San Jacinto Post Office during the Cranston Fire. Blue collection boxes are back in service. “We appreciate our customer’s patience and understanding during the mandatory evacuation…

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…