Pile burning ignitions are currently in progress at the Keenwild Fire Station to the north of town, according to the San Bernardino National Forest. Smoke and flame may be visible. Do not call 911.
Pile burning in Idyllwild area
By Idyllwild Town Crier
Pile burning ignitions are currently in progress at the Keenwild Fire Station to the north of town, according to the San Bernardino National Forest. Smoke and flame may be visible. Do not call 911.
“We’re looking for volunteers to help us with Point-In-Time, an annual counting of homeless within the community,” stated Supv. Chuck Washington, 3rd District. The Point-In-Time census will be held Jan. 27, 2017, throughout Riverside County. “This count is used by the Department of Housing and Urban Development not only as a measure of the…
In a longish pre-holiday meeting last week, the directors of the Idyllwild Water District addressed several major issues. During the regular portion of the meeting, they adopted a water shortage contingency plan (see accompanying story), took a position on the district’s role serving the Idyllwild Community Center, tabled the issue of rebates for water filters and intensified the search for a new general manager …
Karin and Richard Greenwood literally built Community Lumber piece by piece, discarding nothing of use and assembling what was needed from what they had …
There was one collision on Highway 243 last week, according to California Highway Patrol (CHP) Public Information Officer Matt Napier. On May 2 at 2:55 p.m., Theresa Marie Larkin, 64 of Idyllwild, and her passenger William Larkin, 93 of Idyllwild, were traveling northbound on Highway 243 near Jameson Drive in a white 2020 Mercedes Benz…
Nearly five months after a fatal hit-and-run collision, Lisa Marie Brown, 40, (also known as Lisa Sanchez) pleaded guilty and was sentenced to prison last week. On Monday, Dec. 14, Judge Helios Hernandez accepted her guilty plea and pronounced sentence. He imposed a three-year sentence for the hit and run and another three years for…
The Riverside County Department of Waste Resources has scheduled a free household hazardous waste collection event from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 26, in Idyllwild at the County Road Yard. The collection is open to all Riverside County residents. The department provides an opportunity for Riverside County residents to keep hazardous waste out…