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By Idyllwild Town Crier


Associates of Idyllwild Arts Foundation (IAF) President Michael Slocum has shared a message from IAF President Pamela Jordan regarding Idyllwild Arts Academy (IAA) students from Ukraine and Russia. In it she thanks the many who have reached out and offered to help students and families whose lives have been upended by the conflict and international…
The Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council has received Federal Emergency Management Agency authority to begin its cedar shake shingle roof replacement project, according to Executive Director Edwina Scott. Work will begin over the next few weeks and homeowners may receive 75 percent of the replacement cost. Scott can be reached at 951-659-6208.
JP CrumrineCorrespondent Riverside County officials — Board of Supervisors, Planning and Code Enforcement, and the grand jury — have been grappling with revising the current policy for regulating short-term rentals (STRs). The board formally initiated the effort to revise the STR policy (Ordinance 927) in February 2020 and has been overseeing the progress. A grand…
Idyllwild Fire Department hosted another blood drive Saturday, March 21, for LifeStream. “We were very pleased with the drive overall, and the willingness of the donors to share this lifesaving gift,” said Claudia Osorio, LifeStream’s area representative for donor recruitment. Thirty-seven donors registered and two donors were deferred. Thirty-nine units of blood were collected. Two…
PCWD’sproposed budget allocations are very similar to this year’s, with slight increases in property tax collection and a comparable decrease in revenue from current services.
Idyllwild’s first major snowstorm of the season resulted in many fender benders and two serious collisions. Said California Highway Patrol Public Information Officer Darren Meyer of the week, both on and off the Hill, “We were so busy we had everybody [all CHP officers] out on the roads.” Meyer noted that non-serious fender benders where…