As of Tuesday morning, four people are still missing from Idyllwild or surrounding areas. The Idyllwild Town Crier reached out twice to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department (RCSD). Once on Friday, and again on Monday, to get more information about what the agency is doing to locate the four people still missing and to get…
Back at the end of 2019, Isaiah Garcia-Plazola was a senior at Helen Hunt Jackson’s independent study program. At the time, 17-year-old Garcia-Plazola shared the story of his tough upbringing and his decision to change his life for the better. Garcia-Plazola was asked to speak at the Hemet Unified School District’s State of the District…
On June 19 Pine Cove Water District (PCWD) General Manager Jerry Holldber dispatched a missive to each customer in Pine Cove in which he denigrated the Town Crier’s coverage of the water district. He claimed this newspaper had published “many stories” that were “filled” with misleading and incorrect information about PCWD. I was not aware…
For the tenth consecutive year, the Idyllwild Town Crier is requesting nominations for the annual Ernie Maxwell Community Spirit Award. Bring your nomination to the Town Crier office at 54405 N. Circle Dr., mail it to P.O. Box 157, Idyllwild, CA 92549, or send by email to melissa@towncrier.com by Thursday, Aug. 27. The honor is…
California is still a hot coronavirus state. Pretty definitely, in the beginning we were not all protecting each other by masking and social distancing. We’re pleased to see that seems to have improved a great deal up here over the last several weeks. The county reported a total of 20 cases with our first COVID-19…
After receiving multiple inquiries about the noisy dump trucks coming in and out of the Foster Lake area dumping rock at early morning hours on Idyllwild Water District’s (IWD) property, the Town Crier reached out to the IWD General Manager Leo Havener to find out what was going on. The newspaper never received a response….
There were four collisions (including two photos), one resulting in a fatality, on local roads and Highway 74 over the last week and a half, according to California Highway Patrol Public Information Officer Matt Napier. On Aug. 3 at 7: 35 p.m., Chayton Martone Kenyon, 17 of Idyllwild, was driving his gray 2007 Mazda 3…
Three of the area’s four water districts have board member seats up for election in November: Idyllwild Water District (all five seats), Lake Hemet Municipal Water District (Divisions 2 and 5) and Pine Cove Water District (three seats). LHMWD’s division 5 includes east Hemet and Garner Valley/Pine Meadows Estates. Elections will not be necessary for…
A new commissioner was sworn in at the Idyllwild Fire Protection District (IFPD) July board meeting. Jerry Buchanan resigned earlier in July to spend more time with his family, leaving a board vacancy. Only one person, Dennis Fogle, submitted a resume and cover letter by the deadline. He was unanimously approved by the board. Fogle…
By Hemet Unified School DistrictContributed Dr. Jennifer Martin, director of special education, was promoted to the position of assistant superintendent of student services at the HUSD board meeting on July 21. Martin said she is excited about the transition from a director to the assistant superintendent of student services and having the opportunity to further…
