

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

A Grand Jury report, with the Idyllwild Fire Protection District as the subject, was issued Thursday, June 19. This is the second report focused on IFPD from the 2013-14 Grand Jury and the fifth since 2008. This report investigated three topics — the behavior of the Department’s Administrative Captain, Mark LaMont, nonfeasance of the Fire…
After terminating former Idyllwild Water District (IWD) General Manager Michael Creighton’s contract Sept. 25 at a special closed-session meeting, the IWD board approved the hiring of two employees — a field supervisor and general manager — at its Oct. 16 general meeting. The board selected Lake Hemet Municipal Water District’s (LHMWD) Mitchell Freeman to be…
It has been years, but California, the entire state, is drought free. See the accompanying map from the Drought Monitoring Center. The state is totally white. This is the result of plentiful precipitation since summer. Since October 1, 2025 (the beginning of the water year), the Forest Service’s Keenwild Ranger Station has recorded 9.6 inches…...
The Idyllwild Fire Protection District ended the first quarter of fiscal 2014-15 in a negative balance. IFPD continues to rely on the proceeds from the sale of its cell tower a year ago to bridge the typical low revenue period from July to December. Riverside County has already transferred to IFPD a $300,000 advance of…
In a press release, Idyllwild Water District General Manager Jack Hoagland reported Monday that IWD had experienced a spill of treated effluent from one of the district’s disposal ponds. The spill, he said, occurred as a result of a small slump failure of the extremely saturated soil in the earthen berm supporting the pond, extensive…