
PHOTO BY JOEL FEINGOLD
Idyllwild Transfer Station
By Idyllwild Town Crier


State of the Union, State of the State and now State of the District — Hemet Unified School District, to be specific. On Oct. 12, HUSD Superintendent Christie Barrett and her staff presented to a large group of stakeholders their view of the state of HUSD. More than 100 people who attended were Hemet residents…
The future of a joint power authority for the Idyllwild Fire Protection District to provide fire and emergency medical services to the City of San Jacinto appears to be changing. In the litigation filed this summer to establish validation of the JPA, San Jacinto City was a plaintiff. At the city council meeting Tuesday night,…
Only the Idyllwild Fire Protection District will need an election in 2013. The Fire district has four candidates to fill three seats. The only incumbent seeking re-election is IFPD Commission President Jeannine Charles-Stigall, who was second in a field of six in her first race in 2009. The other three candidates also have or had…
Several earthquakes shook Idyllwild on the morning of Monday, April 14. The USGS reported a magnitude 5.2 quake 4km south of Julian at 10:08 a.m. The largest after shock was M3 in the same location at 10:13. Another magnitude 3.5 quake was reported 7km east-southeast of Borrego Springs around the same time. Between the two…
The search for John Sturkie will continue Saturday, June 1. Two weeks ago, the initial search discovered some valuable clues, said Theresa Sturkie, his wife of 21 years. John, a 55-year-old husband and father of four, has been missing since Jan. 5. A lover of the outdoors, frequent camper and hunter, Sturkie left his Oceanside…
By CaltransContributed The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is alerting the traveling public that the National Weather Service (NWS) is predicting rain and snow in Southern California beginning Tuesday, Nov. 19 through Thursday, Nov. 21. Several inches of snow are predicted for elevations at and above 6,000 feet with heavy periods of rain up to…