Water-recycling facility may be in Idyllwild’s future Although Tom Lynch, Idyllwild Water District general manager, said, “We continue to be on the precipice of Stage 3 [water emergency],” a decision to go to the tightest water conservation measures remains in the future. But the state appears to have agreed to help IWD manage future drought…
At 11 a.m. Monday, March 23, a motorcycle driven by Zachary Thibodeaux, 18, of Indio, collided head-on with a vehicle containing a family and two small children.
The Idyllwild grinding facility will resume Saturday operations beginning May 2. On Saturdays, operations will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The facility is located at the 5,000-foot marker, one mile south of the Idyllwild Transfer Station on Highway 243. The grinding facility accepts items such as wood waste and wood infected with the…
Wednesday, March 18, the Town Crier reported that, after a Tuesday meeting with National Weather Service officials here in Idyllwild, the Town Crier had agreed to purchase automatically reporting Davis Pro weather station equipment to become the official Idyllwild NOAA/NWS COOP station in place of Idyllwild Fire. On Friday, March 20, Noel Isla, COOP program…
The National Weather Service officials met with Town Crier owner and co-publisher Jack Clark (left) about establishing a NWS weather recording station in Idyllwild at the paper Tuesday morning. Noel Isla (center), observing program leader, discussed the requirements and equipment and was accompanied by Brett Albright (right).
Despite wonderful spring weather, or perhaps because of the heat, only seven bald eagles were seen during the final bald eagle count of the 2014-15 winter. Just a month ago, the February count recorded 17 bald eagles around the multiple lakes in Southern California. Last Saturday, bald eagles were observed at six different lakes in…
Fire log The Idyllwild Fire Station responded to the following calls, Wednesday to Sunday, March 11 to 15. Idyllwild • March 11 — Medical aid, Deer Foot Ln., 7:22 p.m. • March 12 — Cooking fire, confined to container, Village Center Dr., 8:05 p.m. • March 13 — Walk-in medical aid, 2:30 p.m. • March…
After several months of negotiating, the Pine Cove Water District directors last week unanimously agreed to change the terms of their lease with Riverside County for a Rocky Point cell tower. The county initiated the request last summer. The amendment to the existing lease, which will be effective April 1, will increase the rental payment…
Last week, the U.S. Geological Survey released a new report on the probability of earthquakes throughout California. Using a new methodology, the agency prediction for quakes of moderate size (magnitude 6.5 to 7.5) decreased, but the likelihood of a quake greater than that size has increased. In terms of an earthquake of magnitude 6.7 (the…
