
Frank White, a volunteer, unloading supplies at the Banning High School Evacuation Center.
Photos by Holly Parsons

Banning High School Evacuation Center
By Idyllwild Town Crier

Frank White, a volunteer, unloading supplies at the Banning High School Evacuation Center.
Photos by Holly Parsons

The Local Review Board of the Idyllwild Historic Preservation District last week continued its discussion of the possibility of employing the state’s Mills Act to encourage and gain more property-owner participation in the protecting local historic resources. The Mills Act provides property-tax relief in exchange for an equivalent investment in the historic property. The owners…
At 6:20 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 6, Brett Mercer, 57, of Idyllwild, was driving eastbound on Highway 74 in a white 2001 Toyota Tundra at mile marker 57, west of the intersection with Highway 243, when, according to the California Highway Patrol report, a deer bolted into the highway and struck the right side of Mercer’s…
On Jan. 23, acting Riverside County Fire Chief Daniel R. Talbot reopened seven hiking areas throughout the region. Effective Thursday, Feb. 1, they are: • Avery Canyon, (Gibbel Road east of State Street in Hemet) • North Mountain and Indian Canyon (San Jacinto area) • Whitewater Canyon (Cabazon, north of Palm Springs) • Nuevo/Lakeview (east…
The Strong Fire, reported shortly after noon Monday along Strong Drive, was no match for human strength …
Brandon McGlover (33), who was charged with starting the Cranson Fire in July 2018, has pleaded guilty. McGlover pleaded guilty to two counts of arson, Penal code 451.5 (c), which is burning of a structure or forest land. “In count one, which is the Cranston Fire, he admitted to an allegation of…
At the Idyllwild Fire Protection District’s commission meeting last week, Fire Chief Patrick Reitz said the Riverside County Registrar of Voters has accepted the IWD’s proposed parcel fee increase. It will be included on the November presidential election ballot as Measure W. Commissioner Nancy Layton, chair of the Education and Dissemination Committee, reported that a…