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Riverside County is still in the orange tier of the state’s tier system.The newspaper has heard of locals experiencing adverse reactions to the COVID-19 shot. Email melissa@towncrier.com by 5 p.m. Sunday, May 23 if you would like to share your experience for an upcoming story.According to the Riverside University Health System – Public Health (RUHS)…
Next week, the Idyllwild Community Fund will hold a reception for its nine grant recipients this year. New honorees, along with six repeat recipients, are the Art Alliance of Idyllwild, Idyllwild Scholarship Fund and Idyllwild Arts Foundation. AAI will use its grant to help with the cost to install the “deer herd” at the various…
The Town Crier’s Membership model — and the resultant increased advertising by businesses and nonprofits — have saved your hill newspaper from the fate suffered by many community papers throughout our country. The New York Times just recently published a sad story about a small-town newspaper in Warroad, Minnesota — the Warroad Pioneer — which…
Tuesday evening, Aug. 4, about 25 Pine Cove residents came out to listen to the candidates for the Pine Cove Water District board answer questions from the public. Besides an opening and closing statement, the three candidates — Diana Eskew, Sharon Kaffen and Tim Lange — responded to dozens of questions. The attendees wrote down…
Cal Fire/Riverside County and Idyllwild Fire departments personnel responded to a report of an injured hiker at Humber Park at 11:37 a.m. Friday, Dec. 28. The incident occurred on the Ernie Maxwell Trail. The patient was a 20-year-old male hiking with his family on the icy trail when he lost his footing, according to Cal…
Karen Epperly, 50, of Idyllwild, pleaded guilty to embezzlement before her jury trial began Tuesday, July 21. Sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 3. She was initially charged in December 2013 with fraud and embezzlement, and taking, damaging or destroying property of more than $100,000 in value from Community Lumber in Idyllwild over a number of…