At 10:30 a.m. Thursday, June 9, Riverside County Fire reported a fire at on Saunders Meadow Road dubbed the Saunders Fire.
The fire is contained to the Idyllwild Transfer Station.

Fire at transfer station
By Idyllwild Town Crier
At 10:30 a.m. Thursday, June 9, Riverside County Fire reported a fire at on Saunders Meadow Road dubbed the Saunders Fire.
The fire is contained to the Idyllwild Transfer Station.

A power outage affected the wider Idyllwild area beginning at 7:44 a.m. Monday, Jan. 25. Affected areas included most of Idyllwild, Pine Cove and along Highway 243 to Round Robin Drive past the Alandale Guard Station. Parts of Garner Valley also experienced the outage, which rolled out at slightly different intervals and ended roughly one…
As of Saturday evening, nearly four days after the voting booths have closed, about 373,000 ballots or two-thirds of the ballots cast in the 2018 election have been counted, according to the Riverside County Registrar of Voters Office. Another 227,000 mail-in and provisional ballots, are still being counted. Based on the number of registered voters,…
A fatal motorcycle crash and an arrest for driving under the influence took place on Hill roads over the last week. At 7:34 p.m. Wednesday, July 27, an unidentified male motorcyclist, aged 57, of San Jacinto, was riding his 2012 black Harley Davidson eastbound on Highway 74, 3/10 of a mile west of Bee Canyon…
Monday afternoon air attack on Anza Fire. Photos by Jenny Kirchner
Playground security and lighting to be installed Leaders of the Idyllwild Community Center (ICC) reported on-going construction activities at the ICC site, efforts to improve and augment the recreation program, and the current recreation program offerings during the County Service Area (CSA) 36 Advisory Committee meeting Thursday evening, July 18. CSA 36 serves Idyllwild and…
On Thursday, May 1, the two undefeated Mountain Pass League track teams —Hemet and San Jacinto high schools — met head-to-head before next week’s league meet. Both of Hemet’s track teams — boys’ and girls’ — defeated San Jacinto and again former Idyllwild School students were significant contributors to Hemet’s victories. While the hot and…