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A lightning bolt struck a pine tree next to Troy VanderWende’s property
The most recent missing person is 27-year-old Diana Perez Gonzalez, who was reported missing Friday, Dec. 11. Close friends and family volunteered their time to search for Gonzalez Saturday, Jan. 2. According to her sister, Christy Rojas, at least 50 people were out searching. Five people in and around the Idyllwild area are still missing with…
Fire log Hill fire stations responded to the following calls, Monday to Sunday, Feb. 20 to Feb. 26: Idyllwild Fire Department and Ambulance Feb. 20 — Four walk-in medical aids. Feb. 21 — Medical aid, Deerfoot Lane, Idyllwild. Feb. 21 — Traffic collision, Highway 243 and Saunders Meadow Road, Idyllwild. Feb. 22 — Medical aid,…
As we begin 2021, five people, who went missing last year, have not been located. As the holidays were upon us, the Town Crier spoke to the families of the missing people to get their stories. Roy Prifogle was the first to go missing in March of last year. Prifogle’s daughter, Kendra Johnson, told the…
This season’s flu vaccine is 23 percent effective, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Its effectiveness was reduced this year because between the time the components of the vaccine were determined and the fall when the vaccine was available the most prevalent influenza virus “drifted” or mutated. “This estimate is relatively low…
Cal Trans will have intermittent closures on Highway 243 this Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. from Mt. Edna Road to Smith Creek Road in Banning. The Caltrans Rock Climbing and Bank Scaling Team will be removing slide material and rocks from the slope adjacent to the highway. This specialized team, made up of…