In August, Cal Fire announced the awarding of nearly $170 million in grants to public groups and nonprofit groups. The grants were awarded in two categories — forest health and fire threats. Of the 142 fire-prevention grants, which totaled $79.7 million, the Mountain Communities Fire Safe Council will receive $600,000. Also, the Riverside County Fire…
The Cranston Fire destroyed seven homes on the Hill and damaged other structures. The loss of electricity for several days ruined food, even in a refrigerator, causing it to be discarded. The reaction of many members of the community was to organize events to help the individuals who suffered major losses. Idyllwild Strong, a three-day…
The Idyllwild Fire Protection District’s commission has set a goal of August 2019 for placing a new parcel-fee measure before voters. The amount of the proposed fee was not determined. Over the next year, the ad hoc committee for the measure, composed of commissioners Larry Donahoo and Henry Sawicki, will develop a specific proposal, and…
The Idyllwild Water District’s Consolidation Committee held another meeting Tuesday evening, Aug. 28. Committee Chair Peter Szabadi told the attendees that he planned to encourage his fellow directors to engage the community in future efforts about greater water-district cooperation. In his opinion, this process needs to originate within the community rather than from a district….
Updated: Aug. 31, 2018. Updates are in italics. According to the California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, Idyllwild-Pine Cove’s low-income residents travel an hour to the nearest doctor for primary healthcare. “There are no providers in that area accepting Medicaid or that have a Sliding Fee Scale, according to our survey from 2016,”…
Thursday morning, Aug. 30, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Marijuana Extraction Team removed a grove of marijuana from U.S. Forest Service lands north of Lake Fulmor. Starting early in the morning, the team, whose members are from the Sheriff’s Department, the U.S. Forest Service, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the California National…
Kelly Gates remains postmaster San Diego native and Lake Elsinore resident Craig Simmons is the officer in charge at the Idyllwild Post Office. He has held that position since February of this year. Kelly Gates remains postmaster for Idyllwild but is on temporary detail in charge of implementing best business practices at U.S. Post Offices…
By Becky and Jack Clark Co-publishers Of course, anyone may become a Town Crier Member at any time in the future, and we hope you do, if you haven’t already. But those who become Members in our very first Membership year — i.e., up until and including Aug. 31, 2018, that’s Friday of this week…
The U.S. Small Business Administration is offering low-interest federal disaster loans for working capital to small businesses economically impacted by the Cranston Fire that occurred July 25 to Aug. 15, SBA Administrator Linda McMahon announced today. SBA acted under its own authority to declare a disaster following a request received from Gov. Edmund G. Brown…
At its Aug. 28 meeting, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors approved the request from the Idyllwild Fire Protection District for an advance of its property tax revenue. IFPD requested an advance of $400,000 from the county in May. The advance will be repaid, with interest, in December and January when Riverside County makes its…
