The Idyllwild Community Fund has announced three new members of advisory committee: Lorie De Marco (President, Friends of the Library), JoAnn Graham (former owner, Mountain High Escrow), and Tonya West (smARTS artist, Idyllwild Volunteer Fire Company). The ICF Advisory Committee evaluates grant applications submitted each year by Idyllwild’s nonprofit (501(c)(3) organizations for distribution of the…...
Locals, and friends living in the valleys to the west, noticed smoke last week from a prescribed burn. Lee Beyer, USFS Forestry Technician detailed to this district for the project, wrote in answer to an inquiry from the Town Crier that the smoke was from a “prescribed low-intensity burn of the Pine Cove Fuelbreak.” …...
Those who ventured downtown this last weekend saw quite a few visitors up and down North Circle and in local restaurants. Chris Perrault gave us some numbers form the Visitors Center and the IAHS Museum: “We had 167 visitors on Sunday at the Historical Museum and 100 visitors at the Visitor Center on Saturday. (The…
Elaine Bacher wrote to tell readers that Idyllwild Indivisible will be holding a meeting in the library on Tuesday, January 27, at 5:30 p.m. The speaker will be Elle Kurpiewski, also known as Elle K, the President of the Democratic Headquarter of the Desert. The organization, chartered by the Riverside County Democratic Party, was founded…...
The Town Crier recently visited Garner Ranch to meet Ted Johnson, who along with wife Meg stewards the longest operating cattle ranch in the San Jacinto Mountains. To provide some background for that interview, the Town Crier has taken a dive into our own archives and sources at the Idyllwild Area Historical Society to bring…...
The Art Alliance of Idyllwild held their first event of the new year on Saturday January 17 at Town Hall. Ther was a show of member work, with prizes in several categories, snacks and beverages, and music by Monica Sierras with her uke. Jolene Paige, Alliance board member explained that these art works were the…...
Katie Anderson, who has set up a GoFundMe for Ron Pasch after a January 5 collision sent him to the hospital, has updated the Town Crier on Pasch’s progress. Pasch is familiar to locals as the site operator of the Idyllwild Transfer Station Anderson says that Pasch has been discharged from Intensive Care and is…...
Astro Camp’s blog includes a guide to their 2026 summer camps. There is a lot of information about Guided Discovery’s camps, but also general checklists for parents shopping for camps, including questions to ask about them. Guided Discovery, which opened their Idyllwild Astro Camp in 1991, has operated Catalina Island programs since 1980. Both camps…...
Pine Cove Water District’s January meeting included a budget comparison for the second quarter of FY 25-26, a resolution to their recent problems with unreliable newer vehicles, and a progress report on two pilot programs testing remedies for the poor transmission from their new electronic meters. The quarterly budget review showed the district within their…...
Caltrans’ update on the 243 mill and overlay for the week of January 20: There will be no work activity from Friday (01/16) through Tuesday (01/20) during Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Project will resume on Wednesday (01/21). Week of January 21st, several daytime work activities with lane closures and flagging /pilot car operations will continue…
