The U.S. Forest Service is temporarily closing all California national forests due to the ongoing wildfire crisis.
To view the exceptions to this order, visit https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r5/news-events/?cid=FSEPRD949139.
Forest Service temporarily closing all California national forests
By Idyllwild Town Crier
The U.S. Forest Service is temporarily closing all California national forests due to the ongoing wildfire crisis.
To view the exceptions to this order, visit https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r5/news-events/?cid=FSEPRD949139.
The cost of an ambulance trip to a local hospital will increase next year. In order to maintain current services, Idyllwild Fire Chief Patrick Reitz last week offered a proposed 2015-16 budget (which begins July 1) to the district’s Finance Committee that would raise the cost of a trip to $1,405 from the current level…
Rainfall during the past two weeks was not sufficient to rescind Gov. Jerry Brown’s drought declaration. Less than an inch of rain fell on the Hill since Jan. 31. The Keenwild Ranger Station recorded just 0.28 inches on Friday, Jan. 31, and another 0.6 inches from Thursday night, Feb. 6, through Friday morning, Feb. 7….
The Idyllwild Water District Finance Committee reviewed the draft audit report for fiscal year 2013-14 last week. The committee recommended sending it to the board’s regular meeting on Oct. 15 for approval and acceptance. Representatives from the audit firm of Rogers, Anderson, Malody and Scott will be at the meeting to answer specific questions. The…
The award-winning Idylllwild Town Crier was again honored for the high quality of its work this year. The National Newspaper Association’s 2013 Better Newspaper Contest recognized the Town Crier for two community-oriented stories. News Editor J.P. Crumrine’s 10th-anniversary story about the Idyllwild School smARTS program, “Smart art: who can ask the value,” earned first place…
In a letter dated Dec. 5 to Sanden and Sons, Riverside County has officially closed its investigation and case regarding the underground storage tanks located at the Shell station, also known as Village Food and Fuel. This step has been anticipated for about year as the county’s Department of Environmental Health has been overseeing the…
The U.S. Forest Service will be working at Humber Park in January. No specific date has been set, according to Public Affairs Specialist Gustavo “Gus” Bahena, “but we will have contractors falling, debarking, and moving several hazard trees there. The reasons are for public safety and to mitigate the spread of the Goldspotted Oak Borer…