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Sheriff’s K9 training in Idyllwild
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Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies brought several bloodhounds to Idyllwild last Wednesday for training exercises. Deputy Robert Ochoa poses with his charge, Windy, 15 months, who was certified at age 7 months. Ochoa said the bloodhounds will be training more in Idyllwild because of the cooler temperatures.

Bill and Gillien Gianakos celebrated their second wedding anniversary (Sept. 10) )in Thailand. They carried their trusty Town Criers wherever went. Nothing shouts out Thailand more than the Buddhas at the Grand Palace, in Bangkok, taken the first day there, followed 12 days later in Chaing Mai at the Elephant Nature Park right after the…
The Idyllwild Fire Protection District believes the Riverside County Fire Department is doubling the cost of its dispatch contract and authorized Fire Chief Patrick Reitz to open negotiations with the county. In addition, the Fire Commission asked Reitz to redraft a request for proposal to entertain competitive bids from other dispatch entities. “The change in…
Wednesday, March 18, the Town Crier reported that, after a Tuesday meeting with National Weather Service officials here in Idyllwild, the Town Crier had agreed to purchase automatically reporting Davis Pro weather station equipment to become the official Idyllwild NOAA/NWS COOP station in place of Idyllwild Fire. On Friday, March 20, Noel Isla, COOP program…
Hemet High Principal Emily Shaw specifically threatened Last week, Hemet High School became another target of the aftermath from the Parkland, Florida, school shooting Feb. 14. This is just one of several local schools being threatened. On Tuesday, a student scribbled a threat on the stall in a girls’ bathroom at HHS. Not only was…
Another case of COVID-19 was reported Monday in the Idyllwild-Pine Cove area by the Riverside University Health System (RUHS) website, bringing the total to five cases in the area since the initial case was reported on April 3. Riverside County gave the following response when asked how many of the five people infected with COVID-19…
Fire log Hill fire stations responded to the following calls, Monday to Monday, April 1 to 8, 2013: Idyllwild Fire Department and Ambulance April 1 — Medical aid, Delano Drive, Idyllwild. April 2 — Walk-in medical aid. April 3 — Medical aid, Village Center Drive, Idyllwild. April 3 — Citizen complaint, Tahquitz Drive, Idyllwild. April…