Several nominations have now been received for Idyllwild’s volunteer of the year award. For the fifth consecutive year, the 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…
Pine Cove Water District will move to Stage 2 water conservation on June 1, announced General Manager Jerry Holldber. PCWD has been in Stage 1 water conservation since April 2014. At the May 13 meeting, Holldber told the directors of his decision to lift restrictions from volunteer conservation to tightened mandatory actions. However, he did…
Cal Fire Director Ken Pimlott was at Ryan Air Attack Base in Hemet Friday as part of a statewide effort for Wildfire Awareness Week. Joining him were several major Cal Fire officials, as well as representatives from the U.S. Forest Service, the state Office of Emergency Services and Riverside County, including 3rd District Supervisor Chuck…
Riverside County 3rd District Supervisor Chuck Washington plans to conduct regular meetings in Idyllwild later this spring. A beginning date has not been established, but Washington and his Chief of Staff Verne Lauritzen said individuals or groups interested in meeting with Washington should contact his office. The phone number is 951-955-1030.
The Art Alliance of Idyllwild, essentially moribund since the April 15 resignation en masse of its former board, will meet from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 16, at Town Hall to select new officers and relaunch the prestigious nonprofit. No directors from the previous board opted to be candidates for the new board. Until…
On Wednesday, May 6, a motorcycle crash closed Highway 74 above the Cahuilla Tewanet Vista Point for an hour in both directions. The incident occurred at about 4:25 p.m. when Bryce Militi, 29, of Palm Desert, was riding a 2009 Kawasaki Ninja eastbound on Highway 74, 4.2 miles west of Cahuilla Drive in Pinyon. According…
On Saturday evening, May 9, deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Cabazon Station responded to the base of Black Mountain Trail and Highway 243 after receiving a call of a lost hiker. Chiu Pan reported that her 18-year-old daughter, Betty Pan of Riverside, was on a three-day hike from Whitewater to the base of…
Although the project to replace the Hurkey Creek bridge on Highway 74 near Lake Hemet Campground had been slated to start April 20, construction is again delayed. Terri Kasinga, Caltrans chief of public and legislative affairs, said construction would likely be delayed one more month and is tentatively slated to begin in early June. The…
Some rain and mostly snow fell on the Hill Friday, May 8. In an unusual spring snowfall, more than 3 inches arrived overnight in town and more at higher elevations. Total precipitation recorded at the U.S. Forest Service’s Keenwild Ranger Station was just over 0.75 inches, bringing the rain year (July 1 through June 30)…
Once again the Idyllwild Town Crier captured several awards in the statewide Better Newspapers Contest, which the California Newspaper Publishers Association annually sponsors. The contest period was from November 2013 through October 2014. Two of our contributors earned second-place awards for their work. Cheryl Bayse’s photograph of the girl and the butterfly during Butterfly Daze…
