BREAKING NEWS: Silver Fire 95 percent contained, Twin Pines evacuation lifted
UPDATE 7:15 A.M., Monday, Aug. 12
The Silver Fire news this morning, Aug. 12, is both good and tough. The fire’s size is now estimated...
Four people now confirmed missing in area, two found
UPDATE (1 p.m. Friday, Aug. 7): As of Friday afternoon, two of the six people officially reported missing in our mountain...
Varied opinions over medical marijuana dispensaries
Editor’s note: The Town Crier continues to solicit opinions, pro and con, on legalizing medical marijuana dispensaries in Idyllwild.
Last week’s article “Marijuana dispensaries closed...
Pine Cove boy found after nearly 24 hours
Timothy "Timmy" Mejia, 14, has been missing since 4 p.m. Wednesday, when he was last in contact with his mother Alexis Camacho.
His family...
Marijuana dispensaries closed down
Riverside County Code Enforcement and Sheriff’s deputies closed two medical marijuana dispensaries Tuesday afternoon for violations of land-use codes. One is located at the...
Forest Service, Cal Fire and environmental groups advocate prescribed burns
Last week, California fire agencies and several private environmental groups announced their intent to cooperate on educating the general public about the value of...
Fire Safe Council begins to update Community Wildfire Protection Plan
Executive Director Edwina Scott and President Chris Kramer of the Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council, want to revise and bring the Hill’s last Community...
Details for Witham Memorial Ceremony announced
Vista Grande Hotshot Brent Witham, who was killed Aug. 2, while working on the Lolo Peak Fire in Montana, is coming home Monday, Aug....
Potential vegetative fire debris hot topic: Abatement and removal of trees subjects at MAST
Local fire officials held their Mountain Area Safety Taskforce meeting last week, about one year after the Mountain Fire. No fires were burning on...
Laser show on Lily Rock aims to awe on Fourth
Charles “Chic” Fojtik and wife Pamela were firework show devotees prior to moving to the Hill. Pamela, who died on Christmas Day 2016, missed...