
PHOTO BY JOEL FEINGOLD

PHOTO COURTESY OF IDYLLWILD FIRE

PHOTO COURTESY OF IDYLLWILD FIRE
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By Idyllwild Town Crier




Nominations for the Aug. 27 election of three directors to the Fern Valley Water District may be submitted to Riverside County Registrar of Voters Rebecca Spencer. The official nominating period opened Monday, May 6, and will end at 5 p.m. Friday, May 31. The nomination period can be extended if an incumbent director does not…
By JP Crumrine The Board of Supervisors have been asked to approve– at their November 18 meeting–a $300,000 contract to reduce hazardous fuels at the Idyllwild Regional Park and Valley Hi Oak Reserve. The work will remove hazardous trees and vegetation to reduce the risk of fire hazard at both locations. The overall project goal…
Construction begins soon for Phase I of the Idyllwild Community Center. Photos by JP Crumrine
Total 2013 water production for the Pine Cove Water District is 2.7 percent more than the comparable seven-month 2012 period. “Production for July was 3.5 million gallons, a little bit less than the past two years,” General Manager Jerry Holldber told the board. “In the past, you could always count on 4.5 to 5 million…
On Wednesday, Feb. 12, two events occurred relating to the 2006 triple homicide in Pinyon Pines. The more dramatic event was a press release from Bonnie Garcia, former Assemblywoman and candidate for State Senate District 28. Her son, Javier, was a friend of Becky Friedli, one of the three victims and he allegedly called a…
On Monday, Oct. 3, Riverside County Supervisor Chuck Washington and Charissa Leach, the county’s director of the Transportation and Land Management Agency, headlined a Town Hall meeting geared toward learning local sentiments regarding short-term rentals (STRs) in the Idyllwild-Pine Cove area. Opening the meeting, Washington asked that civility be maintained by those in attendance, and…