Geri Peterson came to be a pool player when her father bought her sister a pool table for her birthday. It was set up in such a small room, she remembers, they had to use short cues and open all the doors and windows in order to play. In the beginning, her dad won regularly….
65 years ago – 1949 A committee was chosen to supervise building the new Presbyterian Community Church next to the manse. 60 years ago – 1954 A 25-year-old Thermal man drowned while swimming in Lake Fulmor. He was the lake’s first victim. 55 years ago – 1959 The Chamber put on a hugely…
Fire log The Idyllwild Fire Station responded to the following calls, Tuesday, July 1, to Monday, July 7, 2014. Idyllwild • July 1 — Medical aid. • July 3 — Three medical aids. • July 4 — Rescue. • July 5 — Two medical aids. • July 5 — Rescue. • July 6 —…
The Art Alliance of Idyllwild presents its third judged show for AAI member artists coupled with a working artist gallery tour the weekend of July 19 and 20. Artists may enter one piece to be judged, in one of six categories — oils and acrylics; water-based media; pastels, charcoal, drawings and print making; mixed-media, collage…
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…
Caltrans will be making road repairs on Highway 243 from mile post marker 1 to 5.25 near the Forest Service to near Point of Rocks Drive this week. One-way traffic control on the highway will occur from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday to Thursday, July 8 to 10. Caltrans will be installing recessed pavement…
A 54-year-old Norwalk man was killed when his Honda touring motorcycle ran off the road at about 10:51 a.m. Sunday. Rafael Nuñez was traveling eastbound on Highway 74 1 mile east of Wilson Way near U.S. Forest Service Cranston Fire Station, said California Highway Patrol Public Information Officer Darren Meyer. American Medical Response transported Nuñez…
The Riverside County Mobile Health Van at Town Hall today did not have enough T/Dap and whooping cough vaccinations to administer to the people who came. All incoming seventh-grades are required to have the vaccines. Click on the calendar below to see other mobile health van locations for the month of July. However it is advised that you…
Out of six submissions for the Ernie Maxwell Community Spirit Award, the Town Crier has culled them down to three top candidates the community will now choose among. The honor is given to an individual or group that represents EMax’s spirit of community and volunteerism. Prior awardees took actions that created a spark sufficient to…
Riverside County Fire and Idyllwild Fire responded to a debris fire that caught nearby vegetation on fire in Fern Valley Tuesday night …
