Trump seeks to consolidate federal firefighters into one agency
By JP Crumrine
Many components of the federal budget affect life and lives on the Hill. These range from Social Security, and educational grants, to the Department of Agriculture’s San Jacinto District Ranger Station. One of the biggest and most important is funding for wildfire prevention and response. The Forest Service as well as Cal Fire and the…
The Idyllwild Town Crier has reached out to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department (RCSD) weekly for months in the effort to get information on the remaining missing people. The most recent email communication was Friday, and as of press time, no response was received. Four people are still missing and the loved ones of Rosario…
Colleen Booth Meyer is now heading the Pumpkin Carnival for Idyllwild School’s Booster Club in place of Kari Arnson who has moved off the Hill. All who would like to help may contact Meyer at the Idyllwild HELP Center at 951-659-2110.
The National Weather Service has issued a storm watch for the Riverside County mountains from Saturday afternoon through Monday afternoon. The full text of the storm watch is as follows: Winter Storm Watch URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 333 AM PST THU FEB 26 2015 …A COLD WINTRY STORM…
At its Oct 4 meeting, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors held off approving a revised Ordinance 927.1 (Regulating Short Term Rentals [STRs]) and Ordinance 671.22 (Consolidated fees for land use). The board did approve a new Ordinance 927.1 at its Sept. 13 meeting, but the supervisors also asked for several changes that are included…
Actual revenues for the Pine Cove Water District in fiscal 2013-14 came within $809 of the projected total of $760,000, but the board had to confront the question of whether its funds from communications leases will begin to erode in the future. Several lessees, including Riverside County, have asked the district to consider lowering its…
The U.S. Geological Survey recorded a 3.1 magnitude earthquake about 3 miles southwest of Idyllwild, very close to Lake Hemet at 2:09 p.m. It was felt for about 3 to 5 seconds in the center of the village of Idyllwild. The quake was 19.5 kilometers deep. The quake was about 9 miles south east of…
