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The move into the new Town Crier office and Visitors Center on North Circle Drive took place Friday morning and through the weekend. Staff and others were busy getting the place set up for business as quickly as possible. Photo by Barbara Reese




Joe Aklufi, who was arrested May 17, along with six other former Beaumont city officials and was the former legal counsel for Idyllwild Water District, has had his arraignment moved to Aug. 19. He is being tried for six felony counts of embezzlement. At a preliminary hearing Thursday, May 26, Judge Becky Dugan set a…
Pine Cove voters continue to express their satisfaction with incumbents on the Water District’s board. All three — Board President Robert Hewitt, Lou Padula, and Joel Palmer — were easily re-elected to another four-year term. Challenger Jeffery Kleefisch finished with 60 votes (or 12.1 percent of the ballots cast) well behind the three incumbents who…
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 Idyllwildtowncrier@towncrier.com by June 27. The honor is…
Idyllwild local Andrew “Andy” Smith has been working for the U.S. Forest Service for 20 years and was honored this last November with the agency’s Agency Partner Employee Award. This award is given to an agency employee who has been very helpful to the Pacific Crest Trail Association (PCTA) and an advocate for the Pacific…
By Bureau of Land ManagementContributed Join the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the United States Forest Service (USFS) in celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument with a free public BioBlitz event, Oct. 23 to 24. “We are excited to host this first-ever BioBlitz event for the…
Mark DeAntonio, 53, of Pine Cove, who was charged in June with negligently discharging a firearm, has had several hearings in January regarding his attorney’s request for a mental health diversion. Penal Code sections 1001.35 and 1001.36 authorize this review, according to the public defender’s request. The latest scheduled court hearing was to be Feb….