The U.S. Forest Service is doing pile burning Wednesday, Feb. 27, on the Westridge Fuel Break. The start time was 9:30 a.m. Firefighters are targeting about 300 piles.

As many know, the Idyllwild Post Office lobby is closed for repairs. The anticipated shut down was expected to run from Aug. 19 to Aug. 27. However, the repairs ran longer than expected due to asbestos abatement.  The Town Crier contacted Eva Jackson with United States Postal Service Corporate Communications asking what abatement/construction was occurring. …

Leggett involved in IFPD crash;later dies in police shoot-out ecords obtained from Idyllwild Fire Protection District (IFPD) last week revealed two traffic crashes involving district vehicles two days apart, neither reported at the October board of commissioners meeting, one involving a major injury and the other with no injury. Both vehicles were reported in excellent…

On Saturday, the State Water Resources Control Board released proposed regulations for implementing Gov. Jerry Brown’s 25-percent conservation standard mandated by his April 7 Executive Order. Urban water districts will be required to reduce current consumption by between 8 to 36 percent compared to 2013 per-capita usage. Smaller water suppliers (serving fewer than 3,000 connections),…