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California’s Emergency Management Agency has just announced approval of a federal grant for financial assistance to help extinguish the Summit Fire burning near Banning. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has authorized a special Fire Management Assistance Grant, which provides funds to reimburse eligible firefighting expenses. ”Resources can get strained during this time of year, so…
Congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz was in Idyllwild Wednesday, Jan. 22. He met with the Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council at their office. Later in the afternoon, he was shown several of the FSC’s projects. A full story will appear in the Jan. 30 edition of the Town Crier.
Local radio theatre group ‘Old Tyme Radio’ will present an episode ofthe old Jimmy Stewart radio serial The Six Shooter at Middle RidgeWinery on Monday, September 16th at 5 p.m. The radio play has beenadapted by the group and producer Mick Lynch for live presentation,including lots of audience participation. The episode is called “Battle of…
The Idyllwild Town Crier has again been recognized as an award-winning newspaper. On Saturday, the California Newspaper Publisher’s Association honored the Town Crier with four awards for the period from Nov. 1, 2010 through Oct. 30, 2011. Two were in the photography categories and the others were in writing and website. Cid Castillo earned a…
The Mountain Area Safety Taskforce will meet at the Idyllwild NatureCenter on Wednesday, September 11. The event brings togetherrepresentatives of all the agencies, governmental and nonprofits,engaged in preventing and responding to wildfire in our community.Usually there are members of CalFire and Idyllwild Fire, USFS, RiversideSheriff’s Office, and Riverside County Emergency Management Departmenton the governmental side,…
Brendan Steele fired a steady 34-35 — 69 on the Nicklaus Tournament course Thursday to tie for 53rd going into the second round of the Desert Classic at La Quinta. The native Idyllwilder put together 3 birdies against a single bogey, draining an appropriate 30-footer along the way. Brenda is back to using the “claw”…