After a break in a water line several weeks ago, Idyllwild Pines administration shut off water to the Idyllwild Dog Park, situated on the Idyllwild Pines campus. “I feel bad the water has been off for two weeks,’ said Kelly Schlenz, camp operations director. “Unfortunately where the line broke makes it a difficult repair. We…
Rain returned to the Hill Sunday, Jan. 31, and all of the weather stations on the Hill have recorded more rain through midnight Sunday than the historic average through the end of January. In this latest storm, Pine Cove recorded 1.62 inches of rain for a total of 18.78 inches, which is nearly 4.5 more…
Ron Singerton, next speaker for the Idyllwild Community Center Speaker Series, is an accomplished artist whose art evinces a fine attention to detail. That attention to detail served him well when he began researching his first historical novel, “Villa of Deceit” (Penmore Press, 2015) and its sequel “The Silk and the Sword” (due out this…
Workers pave the new parking lot Shane Stewart created at the corner of North Circle Drive and Cedar Street.
Riverside County 3rd District Supv. Chuck Washington hosted a multi-agency meeting to address recent snow visitor issues in the Riverside County mountains. Held at 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 29, in Hemet, the meeting was requested by Idyllwild Fire Department Chief Patrick Reitz following successive weekends in which Idyllwild faced unprecedented numbers of snow-play visitors and…
The Riverside County budget preparation for fiscal year 2016-17, beginning July 1, is going to be difficult and emotional. On Tuesday, County Executive Jay Orr prepared the Board of Supervisors during his mid-year review for fiscal year 2015-16. Even with the proposals he is making to reduce spending, Orr estimates the county will still incur…
Cal Fire will conduct a prescribed burn in Idyllwild this week. About 125 piles of brush and slash will be burned, located at Camp Maranatha at 54162 Maranatha Drive. The area is between the camp and the Idyllwild Nature Center, according to Division Chief Bill Weiser. The burn will be between Tuesday, Feb. 2, and…
65 years ago – 1951 The paper shortage created by the Korean War caused the Town Crier to announce it was limiting the number of copies for newsstand sales. 60 years ago – 1956 At a hearing on state highways, John Gilman and Dick Elliott of the Chamber of Commerce Roads Committee presented a Chamber…
Hip, hip, meow! Puddytat and little Kaylena were adopted together and will now wake each morning to lots of love in their own forever home, and Cachoro, the beautiful Belgian Malinois-mix, craftily stole the hearts of his new forever parents. After a crazy 10 weeks where 14 “found” dogs were brought into ARF, it is…
