New PEO officers
By Idyllwild Town Crier
California Highway Patrol and Riverside County Fire Department/Cal Fire have responded to two traffic collisions Wednesday morning on Highway 74 below Mountain Center at mile post marker 56 near the Vista Point. At about 7:50 a.m., a pickup truck towing a trailer slid off the roadway with the trailer causing a road hazard. A gray…
On Sept. 27, 2023, the Wildland Fire Mitigation and ManagementCommission (WFMMC) released its 340-page report. It included 148recommendations to the Biden Administration as well Congress and state,local and tribal governments. On March 12, 2024, the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and NaturalResources held a hearing with members of the Administration and of thecommittee. Sen. Joe…
Caltrans will begin work on a $17.9 million bridge retrofit and upgrade project on Highway 74 at Strawberry Creek between Mountain Center and Valle Vista, as well as Morrill Canyon Bridge near Lake Elsinore. The project was awarded to Beador Construction Company of Costa Mesa. The project will upgrade and preserve the historical bridges. Improvements…
Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, Sept. 17 to 23. Idyllwild • Sept. 18 — Public assist, 12:19 p.m., 53000 block of Tollgate Rd. Handled by deputy. • Sept. 19 — Alarm call, 0:08 a.m., Tahquitz View Dr. Handled by deputy. • Sept. 19…
About 150 people crowded the Idyllwild Library Community Room, lobby and doorways on Tuesday night, Sept. 1. All seats were taken and all walls were lined with people standing. They were not there for entertainment but for information. Mountain Disaster Preparedness convened the meeting, headlined by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Meteorologist Alex Tardy, local…
