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County terminates ICRC recreation contract
In a letter dated June 30, the Riverside County Economic Development Agency (EDA) gave notice to Idyllwild Community Recreation Council (ICRC) outgoing Chairman John Simpson of its intention to terminate ICRC’s contract as recreation manager for County Service Agency (CSA) 36. The effective termination date will be July 31. In the letter, CSA Operations Manager…
Prescribed burn on Thomas Mountain this week
The U.S. Forest Service confirmed that it is proceeding with its scheduled prescribed burn on Thomas Mountain in Garner Valley this week. The project’s goal is creating community-scale defensible space and enhanced forest health. “After a successful test burn of 10 acres on Monday, March 25, crews plan to continue work on the 1,074-acre burn…
San Jacinto Fault very active
No telling signs yet; just be prepared Over the past month, the San Jacinto Fault, which passes under Garner Valley and near Idyllwild, has been the source of dozens of small quakes. Almost all were magnitude 2.9 or less, although on Nov. 8, tremors with magnitudes 2.9 and 3.2 were only an hour apart in the…
Horse death on highway mars weekend
A horse was injured and had to be euthanized when it fell out of a moving horse trailer a quarter-mile north of the intersection of Saunder’s Meadow Road (lower) and Highway 243. No other vehicles were involved in the Saturday, Jan. 30, incident nor were any people injured. Idyllwild Fire Department said the incident occurred…
Survey in high country shows more snow than last year
A crew of Riverside Mountain Rescue Unit volunteers found 10 inches more snow than last year in its annual February snow survey. There was an average of 29.7 inches of snow and 9.5 inches of water content (if the snow melted it would produce that amount of water), said crew leader Lee Arnson. On Sunday,…
Seeking Community Spirit nominees
For the fourth consecutive year, the Idyllwild Town Crier is requesting nominations for the annual Ernie Maxwell Community Spirit Award. Bring your nomination to the Town Crier office at 54405 N. Circle Dr., or mail it to P.O. Box 157, Idyllwild, CA, 92549 or send an email to [email protected] by June 27. The honor is…