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    Out Loud: Unique challenges

    ByIdyllwild Town Crier February 2, 2017June 7, 2017 Reading Time: 3 minutes

    Running a newspaper in a small town can pose unique challenges not found in other businesses in a small town. • Diverse viewpoints. • Questions as to whether you can truly edit a newspaper. • Complaints about covering hard news vs. all happy news. • Requests to bury hard news in the back of the…

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  • Letters to the Editor

    Readers Write: Placing priority on tickets

    By February 2, 2017June 7, 2017 Reading Time: 1 minute

    Editor: Letters to the editor are one way to blow off steam, if it’s not too potent to print. So sure, I didn’t have my seat belt on and I got a ticket. But what about the guy behind me who was speeding through the school zone and tailgating? I mean, there has to be…

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  • Letters to the Editor

    Reader’s Write: ‘A Healthy Idyllwild’

    By February 2, 2017June 7, 2017 Reading Time: 1 minute

    Editor: Regarding Callie Wight’s column entitled “A Healthy Idyllwild” and the word “mistake,” I like to view it as “mis-take” or, better yet, “miss take,” as in the movies, take one, take two, take three, etc. Several “takes” must be taken to get it right. Viewed that way, it becomes a positive, rather than a…

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  • Letters to the Editor

    Readers Write: Illegal snow play

    By February 2, 2017June 7, 2017 Reading Time: 2 minutes

    California Penal Code 602.8, subdivision (a), states in relevant part, “Any person who without the written permission of the landowner, the owner’s agent, or the person in lawful possession of the land, willfully enters any lands under cultivation or enclosed by fence, belonging to, or occupied by, another, or who willfully enters upon uncultivated or…

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  • Obituaries

    Obituary: Richard H. Barker, 1957-2017

    By February 2, 2017June 7, 2017 Reading Time: 1 minute

    Richard H. “Rick” Barker II, 59, passed away Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, at his home in Idyllwild. He was born in Newport Beach, to Richard and Wendy Barker. He was a graduate of Orange County, California, schools, and University of California, Irvine, campus. He is survived by his daughter Chloe Barker of Seattle, Washington; his…

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  • Fire and Forest

    Fire & Forest: Fires still occur in winter and fire hydrants can be lost in the snow …

    By February 2, 2017June 7, 2017 Reading Time: 3 minutes

    Over the last several years, the frequent topic of conversation has been the drought and our lack of meaningful rainfall. This winter can now put any complaint about that away for a while. El Niño, La Niña, “Houston, I think we might have missed the trajectory on this one.” And the collateral damage from all…

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  • Idyllwild News

    Foster Lake at 70 percent capacity

    By February 2, 2017June 8, 2017 Reading Time: 1 minute

    Idyllwild Water District General Manager Jack Hoagland said about Foster Lake Monday, “The lake is about 5+ feet from full (18-feet) so around 70% full.” The lake, a water storage facility for IWD, has been dry for several years.

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  • Idyllwild News

    Goldspotted oak borer still a danger to Hill oaks

    By February 2, 2017June 7, 2017 Reading Time: 5 minutes

    The Goldspotted oak borer has devastated oak forests in San Diego County. In some areas, oak mortality has approached 100 percent, according to Kim Corella, forest pest specialist with Cal Fire. Experts believe the GSOB migrated from Mexico to Arizona and then hitched rides in vehicles transporting firewood to San Diego County in the early…

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  • News of Record: Feb. 2, 2017
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    News of Record: Feb. 2, 2017

    By February 2, 2017June 7, 2017 Reading Time: 2 minutes

    Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, Jan. 22 to 28. Idyllwild • Jan. 22 — Alarm call, 26000 block of Hwy. 243. Handled by deputy. • Jan. 24 — Alarm call, Fernleaf Dr. Handled by deputy. • Jan. 24 — Public disturbance, Johnson Rd….

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  • Idyllwild News

    Neil Cooper arrested for criminal threats

    By February 2, 2017June 7, 2017 Reading Time: 1 minute

    Neil Cooper, 41, of Idyllwild, has a felony settlement conference scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 9, following an off-Hill arrest in Riverside County and charges on Jan. 6. He is released on bail. He was arrested for making criminal threats and subsequently charged with burglary and criminal threats, both felonies, and enhancements, including use of a…

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