

Idyllwild Association of Realtors installs new board
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The Idyllwild Association of Realtors held their 35th anniversary installation dinner on Thursday evening, Nov 8, at the Rainbow Inn. During the evening, Pete Capparelli (right) swears in the Association’s new board. Incoming officers and directors are (from left) Chris Davis (director), Joe McNabb (director), Kay Jennison (director), Karen Doshier (treasurer), Bill Sperling (director), Sheila Zacker (vice-president) and Trischa Clark (president).


The Idyllwild Town Crier was a finalist in two categories of the 2017 California Journalism Awards, sponsored by the California News Publishers Association. J.P. Crumrine’s story “San Jacinto Fault very active” was a finalist in the Enterprise News Story or Series category. Staff members Halie Wilson, Lisa Streeter, Becky Clark and Mandy Johnson were finalists…
A significant step toward realizing the Idyllwild Community Center and the Butterfield Family Center was taken Monday, Feb. 11. The Mount San Jacinto Community Center board has been reformulated, as David Butterfield said last month. The current members of the Idyllwild Community Recreation Council, the operational entity, under the legal umbrella of the MSJCC, appointed…
The Pine Cove Water District (PCWD) Board of Directors held its meeting last week. Directors Rose Venard and Lou Padula were absent.The approval of the March and April financial statements were tabled to the next meeting. Director Vicki Jakubac abstains from voting on the items due to her ties to SoCal Propane. The present board…
The fire’s footprint remains about the same 13,140 acres, but containment continues to improve. At a meeting of community residents, which more than hundred attended, nearly filling the Idyllwild School gymnasium, Incident Management Team Commander Jerry McGowan reported that containment had improved to 82 percent by Monday evening. The next concern is rain and thunderstorms…
Sen. Stone honors county’s first female supervisor By JP Crumrine, News Editor and Melissa Diaz Hernandez, Editor The California State Senate adjourned Thursday morning in honor of former Riverside County Third District Supervisor Kay Ceniceros, who passed away July 26 at the age of 81. “Thank you for allowing me to adjourn the senate in memory…
The commissioners for the Idyllwild Fire Protection District adopted a budget for fiscal year 2015-16 at their Aug. 25 meeting. The adopted budget modifies a preliminary budget approved in June. The major change was increasing revenues by $162,000 to $1.86 million from the original estimate of $1.70 million. The principal reason is the expected reimbursement…