
PHOTO BY JOEL FEINGOLD
Explosion on Foster Lake Road
By Idyllwild Town Crier


Caltrans District 8 crews begin preparatory work to widen Hurkey Creek Bridge on Highway 74 at 8 a.m. Monday, April 20. Construction will limit traffic to one lane on and in the near vicinity of the bridge for the majority of the one-year project. Construction crews will be active Monday to Friday from 8 a.m….
The Riverside Mountain Rescue Unit completed two rescues on the Fourth of July. Long accustomed to interruption of holiday celebrations, the RMRU team began one mission around 9 p.m. on Tuesday, July 3rd. Two hikers from the San Francisco area had left the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway mountaintop station at 2:15 p.m. for a day…
Marshall Hawkins, popular and renowned in Idyllwild as jazz bass musician, teacher and human being, received an honorary doctor of music performance degree Friday night from California Baptist University (CBU) in Riverside where, with Director of Jazz Studies and professor Dan St. Marseille, he co-led the CBU Jazz Ensemble together with Hawkin’s own Seahawk Modern…
The Idyllwild Fire Protection Commission approved a salary range for the next fire chief and announced the vacancy last week. Interested individuals are to submit their applications and materials by Sunday, June 10. The Commission’s goal is to have a week of transition between interim Chief Mike Sherman’s departure and the arrival of the new…
Thursday’s Idyllwild Community Fund reception preceded the announcement of the award winners. Here Gigi Kramer serves a table dinner and Summer Brown mans the beverage table.
Concerned about increased commercial air traffic over the Hill, and wanting to preserve peace and tranquility in the San Jacinto Mountains, several residents have formed a coalition to fight the “Southern California Metroplex — NextGen” — the Federal Aviation Administration’s new procedures for airport arrivals and departures in Southern California. Their organization — Quiet Skies Idyllwild…