Gov. Gavin Newsom moved 28 counties back to the most-restricted purple tier of the state’s tier system Monday. Riverside County was already in the purple tier. According to the press release issued Monday, 94.1% of the state’s population now resides in the purple tier.According to the state’s tier system, purple means the virus is widespread…
Tajah Connelly Horner recently went missing in the Anza area. She was located just before the Town Crier went to press last week. The newspaper followed up with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department (RCSD) media information bureau on her condition when she was located. “That information was not shared with us only that she was…
By Stephanie YostContributed This year has posed numerous challenges for local nonprofit and community events, and this year’s annual Christmas Tree Lighting and Harvest Festival are, unfortunately, no exception. The good news, however, is that both events are not entirely canceled. Although the Idyllwild Community Center (ICC) cannot, due to COVID-19 restrictions, shut down the…
Here are the local election results as of 6 p.m. Monday. The Riverside County Registrar of Voters has approximately 45,000 vote-by-mail and 25,000 provisional ballots left to process. The website reads: “Under state law, we must continue to accept timely postmarked ballots through Nov. 20.” The next update is scheduled after the newspaper goes to…
The Idyllwild Water District (IWD) Board of Directors approved in a 4-1 vote to implement a pay grade and step schedule, and eliminate automatic 5% salary increase upon completion of certifications. General Manager Leo Havener wrote in the staff report that the “board of directors will consider approving general manager recommendation of a proposed pay…
A newspaper’s work in warning of danger includes, of course, reporting on crimes, fires, and dangerous road and weather conditions. But we also warn of health hazards, such as the current coronavirus presence on our hill. And we advise of preventative measures from fire abatement to health precautions.During the 2013 Mountain Fire, we did not…
Two collisions over the last week on mountain roads, according to California Highway Patrol (CHP) Public Information Officer Matt Napier. One of the collisions was a fatality.At 9:48 a.m. Thursday Nov. 5, Alejandro James Avalos, 27 of Hemet, was stopped in his 2017 Toyota Corolla in the northbound left-turn lane at the junction of highways…
Idyllwild FireIdyllwild Fire Protection District recently responded to the following calls.• Nov. 1 — Medical aid, 6:51 p.m. N. Circle Dr.• Nov. 2 — Assist invalid, 9:36 a.m. Big Pine St.• Nov. 2 — Medical aid, 9:42 a.m. Pine Crest Ave.• Nov. 2 — Medical aid, 10:06 a.m. Delano Dr.• Nov. 2 — Walk-in medical…
The culvert work on highways 243 and 74 is now complete. Terri Kasinga, public and media affairs chief for Caltrans District 8, reported the news at the Nov. 7 Pine Cove Property Owners Association meeting. “Culvert work was holding up traffic and was a big inconvenience to folks going up and down from Idyllwild,” Kasinga…
Here are the local election results as of Monday evening. The Riverside County Registrar of Voters has about 215,000 vote-by-mail and 25,000 provisional ballots left to process. The next update is scheduled after the newspaper goes to press. Idyllwild Fire Protection District Board Christina Reitz: 544 votes Dennis Fogle (appointed incumbent): 399 votes Dan Messina…
