JP Crumrine
JP Crumrine is news editor of the Idyllwild Town Crier newspaper.
Weather Service issues winter storm warning for Hill: Snow accumulations may...
Early this morning, Wednesday, Jan. 6, the National Weather Service in San Diego issued a revised winter storm warning for the mountains of Riverside...
Parts of Fern Valley without electric power for two days: Wind...
During the high winds Saturday, a tree fell across power lines on Upper Rim Rock Road. Some residents in upper Fern Valley were without...
Registrar notifies voters of IFPD election change
Last week, the Riverside County Registrar of Voters officially notified voters in the Idyllwild Fire Protection District that the date of future elections will...
Retirement debt a huge Idyllwild Fire liability: Buchanan continues as commission...
Jerry Buchanan last week was re-elected president of the Idyllwild Fire Protection District’s commission. He has served in that position since December 2013.
Her colleagues...
New laws effective Jan. 1
The arrival of the New Year also brings the effective date for 807 new state laws enacted in 2015 and signed by Gov. Jerry...
Idyllwild’s fire rating jumps two levels
As he began his Chief’s Report, Idyllwild Fire Chief Patrick Reitz offered the district’s property owners a Christmas present. The International Organization for Standardization...
More moisture, but El Niño still to come
As 2015 ended, the Hill received its biggest rainstorm in more than year. During the pre-Christmas storm on Dec. 22, the U.S. Forest Service’s...
Top local stories of 2015
El Niño conditions or patterns, which have recently become daily conversation on the Hill, are not defined by the amount of precipitation. Rather, the National Weather Service defines them as higher-than-normal sea-surface temperatures along the equator from the coast of South America to the central Pacific Ocean.
Tree falls; power still out to Fern Valley homes
The strong winds, Saturday, Dec. 26, blew steadily all morning in Idyllwild. Gusts were between 40 and 50 miles per hour, according to the...
Forest Service has budget through September
Before recessing for the holidays, the U.S. Congress passed an omnibus appropriations bill to fund the federal government through the end of the fiscal...