On Friday, May 20, 2016, Walter Farrell Treen, 53, also known as Fred Lopez, of the Santa Rosa Indian Reservation in Mountain Center, was arraigned in Riverside County Superior Court in Murrieta on one felony charge of violation of Penal Code section 245, subdivision (a)(1), felony assault with a firearm. He also was charged with…

In an interview with Idyllwild Fire Protection District (IFPD) Chief Mark LaMont last week, he further clarified, beginning at the crowded Idyllwild Water District (IWD) meetings in mid-January, why he is interested in a Community Services District (CSD). “When we attended those meetings at the IWD, I started to opine that a CSD may be…

Editor: The recent theft of the deer sculpture, among other unfortunate happenings around Idyllwild, has prompted me to question whether or not I am a good “community watcher.” As the chair for Idyllwild Deer Sightings, it made sense that I would notice the sculpture missing. What didn’t make sense was that, although the sculpture was…

By JP Crumrine Correspondent             As of early Friday morning, Nov. 11, about 240,000 ballots from Election Day Nov. 8 remain to be counted. About 10,000 ballots are provisional. As a result, the leaders from Tuesday night have changed in some races and may continue to change as more ballots are counted.             For example, U.S Congressman…