

Firefighters Jim Kutch and Paul Riggi.
Photo by Jenny Kirchner



Event marks one year since Mountain Fire
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Kindergarten registration for the 2013-14 school year will begin May 1 at Idyllwild School and Hemet Unified School District Centralized Registration Office. Registration hours will be 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Enrollment forms will be available April 15. A child is eligible to attend kindergarten if he or she is five years…
Chief Finance Officer Hosny Shouman announced that the Idyllwild Water District is now debt-free. The final payment ($125,000) for notes issued in 1997 was made earlier this month. Total payments were $1.5 million and helped to re- finance the district’s sewage treatment facility. The district’s finances are positive through the first five months of the…
As you head toward Banning on Highway 243 it’s easy to miss Twin Pines Road on your right as you speed off the mountain. If you venture down that road, you’ll pass acres of charred manzanita and live oaks that testify to the awesome devastation, which the Esperanza Fire created here in 2006.
The Town Crier is bringing on photographer Jenny Kirchner to replace JP Crumrine, who retired Sept. 24 from the newspaper after 16 years of covering news and all-things on the hill. Don’t worry, she will still be taking photos and covering local events. Our long-time readers know that Jenny is not new to her role. …
Idyllwild FireThe Idyllwild Fire Protection District responded to these calls from Monday to Sunday, July 11 to 17. (IFPD has a new system of reporting and is working to include times in its logs.) • July 10 — EMS, Idyllbrook Dr..• July 10 — EMS, Saunders Meadow Rd.• July 10 — EMS, transport, Meadow.• July…
Over the past year, hundreds of pines have succumbed to the drought and bark beetle attacks. One of the most affected sites is the Idyllwild Community Center. ICC is popular with visitors and children, even now before any of the proposed improvements have been constructed. With dozens of dead and dying trees, the ICC Board…