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While discussing future budgets at a January Riverside County Board of Supervisors meeting, County Executive Officer George Johnson said he has imposed a hiring freeze countywide. Only he can grant exceptions to the freeze. Some, especially the Friends of San Jacinto Mountain County Parks, worried that this countywide hiring freeze would prevent the hiring of…
Last week, Cal Fire released the final set of its “Fire Hazard Severity Maps.” These maps depict the three fire hazard zones – Very High, High, and Moderate – for the eight Southern California counties, including Riverside. Idyllwild, Pine Cove, and Mountain Center are considered to be in a “Very High” Fire Hazard Severity Zone….
Trees were down throughout the town and Hill. Power out late Wednesday night in a part of Idyllwild, then all of Hill (about 2,400 customers) was without power Thursday morning, Dec. 7. Part of that outage lasted from about 6:10 a.m. to 7:50 a.m. UPDATE: SCE hopes to restore the remaining 31 by 5 p.m….
Like many other small businesses, the Town Crier has been impacted by COVID-19. We are cooperating with the expert-prescribed economic shutdown by closing our office to the public and doing business by phone and email. Our Members and Advertisers have been golden. Every day Members are renewing their Memberships, and new Members join us weekly…
For the eighth 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., mail it to P.O. Box 157, Idyllwild, CA 92549, or send by email to becky@towncrier.com by Friday, Aug. 31. The honor is…
Lake Hemet’s lake level when full is 135 feet, according to Lake Hemet Municipal Water District (LHMWD) General Mike Gow in his report to directors at the board meeting last Thursday. The report stated that when the lake is half full, the level is 118 feet. As of July 26, he wrote, the level is…