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The Idyllwild Water District is constructing a new 200,000-gallon water storage tank for its Golden Rod well. The new tank ring foundation pad (shown) required 40 yards of poured concrete. Steel construction will begin next Wednesday to allow the foundation to cure. Photo by Terry Lyons

California Highway Patrol Officer Ron Esparza is retiring. Since 1999, Esparza has served the Idyllwild Area Post. He and his wife Karleen have been Hill residents since 1989. When Esparza first came to Idyllwild, he worked as a ranger for Riverside County Parks. For the CHP, he has worked both in Central Los Angeles and…
LaMont offered Idyllwild Fire Chief position As reported in last week’s Town Crier, the Idyllwild Fire Protection District Commission unanimously decided to offer the position of fire chief to current Assistant and Acting Chief Mark LaMont. Commission President Jerry Buchanan announced the decision after the conclusion of a nearly three-hour-long closed session. It is still…
At the Sept. 9 Mountain Area Safety Taskforce meeting, the two major subjects were the process to take wood waste to the local transfer station and trees dead or dying from insect attacks. Waste Management is now charging residents $60 to take waste “… they deem to be construction,” said Edwina Scott, Mountain Communities Fire…
Idyllwild Fire Protection District commissioners unanimously accepted the 2012 audit (fiscal year ending June 30, 2012). The San Bernardino accounting firm of Rogers, Anderson, Malody and Scott completed the audit and Scott Manno, a firm partner, presented the results to the commission during its Feb. 26 meeting. Manno stated the district’s financial statements present fairly,…
Gina Genis’ new book, “Everybody And Their Mother – Idyllwild, CA Volume 1” was officially released on July 5 during a book signing the Idyllwild Area Historical Society hosted. This is the first volume in a series of books highlighting Idyllwild residents in their most comfortable surroundings. The book contains a foreword by esteemed art…
Katie Anderson, who has set up a GoFundMe for Ron Pasch after a January 5 collision sent him to the hospital, has updated the Town Crier on Pasch’s progress. Pasch is familiar to locals as the site operator of the Idyllwild Transfer Station Anderson says that Pasch has been discharged from Intensive Care and is…...