Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 12, a woman was killed in a single-vehicle, over-the-side crash at about milepost 57.9 on Highway 74, a 1/4 mile west of McGaugh Road. Her 2006 Mazda convertible was traveling westbound when it was reported going off the roadway at 2:01 p.m. Traffic on the highway was one-lane and escorted for at…
As Pam Jordan begins her third year as president of the Idyllwild Arts Foundation, she also assumes the role as head of school but still remains as positive and exuberant as the day she stepped onto campus in July 2014. “After two years, it feels like home,” she said with a broad smile. “Absolutely feels…
By Bobbie Glasheen Today’s mail lies scattered on the table before me. No, I do not want to contribute to the Annual Fund to Save the Cockroach. The Kangaroo Rat, yes. Not the cockroach. What a pile of useless missives. But wait. This envelope has a different look. And smell. The postcard from the Dachshund…
Pine Cove resident Laura Caster had given up on marathon running — that is until she met a blind dog named Ella in July 2015. Caster had run the Los Angeles Marathon in 2002. “It was the worst experience of my life,” she recalled. “I started too fast, and it was very hot, and I…
Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, Oct. 2 to Oct. 8. Idyllwild • Oct. 2 — Follow-up, address withheld. Handled by deputy. • Oct. 2 — Public disturbance, address undefined. Handled by deputy. • Oct. 2 — Danger to self/other, Encino Rd. Handled…
About 940,000 sample ballots and information pamphlets have started going out to Riverside County voters for the general election on Nov. 8. The initial sample-ballot mailing process began late last week and will be complete by Oct. 11. The Registrar of Voters recommends that voters review the materials before casting an official ballot. These will…
The need to modify the U.S. Forest Service’s budget process so that the cost of fighting wildfires does not jeopardize funding for other programs has reached another level. On Oct. 4, White House Director of the Office of Management of Budget, the federal budget czar, was at the Angeles National Forest to share in a national…
Editor’s note: Christi Barrett became Hemet Unified School District superintendent on July 1. She follows Dr. Barry Kayrell, who announced his retirement in January. She met with the Town Crier Tuesday, Oct. 4, prior to the HUSD board meeting, which was held at Idyllwild School. Barrett began her career in the classroom working with special…
For the fourth time in five years, California voters are being asked to weigh in on the earlier release of certain prisoners, in this case, those convicted of “non-violent crimes.” Proposition 57, titled “The Public Safety and Rehabilitation Act of 2016,” would consider certain state-prison inmates convicted of non-violent felony offenses for release earlier than…
IWD’s failed myopic vision Editor: I have analyzed many years of production and contamination data for most public and private wells on this mountain, including surface water diversions. 100 years ago, diversions — aside from heavy contamination — made sense during wet years, but that’s it. Just remember, there’s little or no water to…
