
Photo by Jenny Kirchner

Photo by John Drake


That’s All Folk performing before a large, mostly local crowd outside Jo’An’s Restaurant and Bar Friday night.
Photo by Becky Clark

Last Week in Idyllwild: June 25, 2015
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Earlier this month, the Natural Resources Conservation Service announced a multi-year partnership with the U.S. Forest Service to improve forest health and reduce fire threats to communities and landowners on and near several national forests. The San Bernardino National Forest is one of two California projects to receive funding. The other is the Middle Klamath…
In January 2016, the Community Action Partnership and County Health Department moved the Idyllwild Warming Center from the American Legion to Town Hall. On Friday, Dec. 9, Danny Richardson, Legion Post 800 commander, signed an agreement with CAP and the county to return the center to the Legion. In its most recent press release, CAP…
Editor’s note: July 2018 marks the fifth anniversary of the Mountain Fire that caused Idyllwild and Fern Valley residents to evacuate. This is the personal account of one evacuee, Fern Valley resident and then-Town Crier Staff Reporter Marshall Smith. One can never feel safe when wildfire threatens. That is one of the lessons I learned…
At 11:45 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22, Megan Reeves, 30, of Idyllwild, was traveling west on Highway 243. She failed to park correctly, and her white 1997 Ford F150 pickup rolled forward and hit a wooden fence. Damage was minor.
County Service Area (CSA) 38 advisory committee was dissolved last week by the Riverside County Board of Supervisors during their regular meeting. The committee was appointed by Riverside County Third District Supervisor Chuck Washington and served the area of Pine Cove. CSA 38 funding comes from an Ad-Valorem tax (property tax) for enhanced structural fire…
Idyllwild FireThe Idyllwild Fire Protection District recently responded to the following calls.• Jan. 4 — Medical aid, 8:16 a.m. Manzanita Dr.• Jan. 4 — Walk-in medical aid, 11:37 a.m.• Jan. 5 — Police matter, 10:43 a.m. Village Center Dr.• Jan. 5 — Medical aid, 3:09 p.m. S. Circle Dr.• Jan. 5 — Medical assist, 3:58…