When the House of Jerky upstairs in the Fort closed last October, Bryan Tallent and John Stonitsch, owners of Spruce Moose just two doors away, saw an opportunity. Originally, Tallent said, “We took the jerky into our main store during the holidays,” and it was successful. So on March 15, they opened Coyote Red’s in…
UPDATE: The fire was mapped at 78 acres and is 50 percent contained. Full containment expected by midnight tonight and full control estimated for 8 a.m. on Thursday. No injuries were reported. All aircraft were released. UPDATE: At 12:05 p.m. the “Sabina Fire” has grown to about 60 acres and is 0 percent contained. U.S….
Family members of Jo and the late Don Shinkle, long-time Idyllwild residents, have opened a new nursery in the location of The Green Trees nursery on Highway 243. John and Lisa Shinkle, landscapers in Lake Arrowhead and part-time residents, opened Four Seasons Nursery in April. Lisa said, “We always wanted a nursery.” John grew up…
A grandmother visiting family in Garner Valley pleaded guilty and was convicted July 8 of willfully harming/injuring/endangering her 2-year-old granddaughter’s personal health after the grandmother left a cup of methamphetamine-laced tea unattended on a counter, and the child drank some of the contents on the night of June 29. Besides the felony, Cynthia Ann Watson,…
A year ago today (Tuesday), July 15 — and it was Monday last year — just before 1:45 p.m., I heard a smoke report in Mountain Center on the scanner in my office. We all were on deadline but that’s when events occur, right? When the timing is bad? Who knew that by the end…
When asked what someone should do if they find a rattlesnake in their yard, California Department of Fish and Wildlife Biologist Kevin Brennan said, “Nothing. If it’s threatening you or your pet and you’re willing and capable, kill it. Otherwise, just spray it with a stream of water from a hose and it will go…
A rock climber fell from Tahquitz Rock …
Town Crier has received confirmation that the man fatally injured at 11 a.m. Saturday and was reported dead at 1:02 p.m. the same day was a rock climber and has been identified as Bryan Rockwood, 49, of San Diego. Rockwood fell from Tahquitz Rock. Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire, Idyllwild Fire, the Riverside County Sheriff’s, U.S. Forest Service and Riverside…
Jenny Kirchner has won a second award for the Nov. 7, 2013 Town Crier photo of a soccer game at Idyllwild School. This award is for honorable mention from the National Newspaper Association. She won second place for the same photo earlier this year in the California Newspaper Publishers Association’s Better Newspapers Contest. “While I…
Photo by Becky Clark California Highway Patrol Officer M.J. Murawski investigates the scene of a one-vehicle rollover on Highway 74 about 1-1/2 miles west of Highway 243 Wednesday afternoon. Nichole Hutton Darling, 32, of Idyllwild, was traveling eastbound on Highway 74 just before 3 p.m. in a 1989 red Jeep Cherokee when she apparently dozed…
