

County gives Clarks proclamation in recognition of Town Crier ownership
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Riverside County Third District Supervisor Jeff Stone delivers a proclamation the five supervisors signed to Jack and Becky Clark in recognition of their new ownership of the Idyllwild Town Crier. Stone said he supports newspapers and the local ownership of the Town Crier when he gave the proclamation on July 26 at the Idyllwild Library. Photo by Teresa Garcia-Lande

On Monday, Oct. 3, Riverside County Supervisor Chuck Washington and Charissa Leach, the county’s director of the Transportation and Land Management Agency, headlined a Town Hall meeting geared toward learning local sentiments regarding short-term rentals (STRs) in the Idyllwild-Pine Cove area. Opening the meeting, Washington asked that civility be maintained by those in attendance, and…
Whether or not property owners in County Service Area 36 participate in local recreation programs conducted by the county or stand under the occasional streetlight to appreciate its illumination, they are paying for both. Each year, CSA 36 property owners are billed $35 as part of their property taxes to fund both recreation and streetlights….
Last Thursday, the Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council received notice of another grant approval. It will receive $151,726 for various fire safe projects on the Hill. The California Fire Safe Council announced grants to local fire safe councils in 22 counties. The CFSC received three grants from the U.S. Forest Service and reallocated these funds…
Two years and 365 days after the July 15, 2013, start of the Mountain Fire that destroyed several Hill homes and structures, and evacuated thousands of residents, the federal government has sued Tarek M. Al-Shawaf, and James and Donna Nowlin of Mountain Center for in excess of $24 million in damages. The suit was filed…
The Fern Creek Medical Center, in conjunction with the Idyllwild Library, continues its lecture series about chronic health conditions. Next, at 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 16, is a presentation about high blood sugar, diabetes and obesity. Topics to be examined at the lecture include: why obesity is a disease of inflammation; why dieting is not…
Vacancies on the Idyllwild Water District board were filled Tuesday after Riverside County 3rd District Supervisor Chuck Washington, frustrated by the current board’s inaction, used his authority to nominate Dr. Charles “Chip” Schelly and Vic Sirkin to fill the two vacant seats. At its Tuesday, Dec. 6 meeting, the county’s Board of Supervisors approved the…