Idyllwild News

Town Crier has received confirmation that the man fatally injured at 11 a.m. Saturday and was reported dead at 1:02 p.m. the same day was a rock climber and has been identified as Bryan Rockwood, 49, of San Diego. Rockwood fell from Tahquitz Rock. Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire, Idyllwild Fire, the Riverside County Sheriff’s, U.S. Forest Service and Riverside…

Riverside County Registrar of Voters Rebecca Spencer announced Friday that anyone interested in running for office on the Nov. 4 general election ballot may take out candidate filing papers beginning Monday, July 14. The papers must be filed by 5 p.m., Friday, Aug. 8. If an incumbent fails to file, the deadline for that office…

Two weeks ago, after taking sworn testimony from 11 individuals, the grand jury issued a report formally recommending that Idyllwild Fire Protection District commissioners consider terminating both Capt. Mark LaMont and Fire Chief Patrick Reitz. In an action that could be described as thumbing their noses at the grand jury, IFPD commissioners this week unanimously…

Bruce Barton, director of Riverside County’s Emergency Medical Service Agency, opened the EMS strategic planning meeting in Riverside with the promise that the draft strategic plan would be available for the July meeting and a final plan within 90 days. The group has been working on a strategic plan for nearly a year. Until February,…

The Idyllwild Fire District’s Finance Committee held a brief meeting Monday afternoon. The first item was public comments and Jeff Smith of Pine Cove, pointed out that the posted and distributed agenda said the meeting was “Wednesday, July 7” instead of “Monday.” Since the public might be confused as to the actual meeting date, Smith…

Jenny Kirchner has won a second award for the Nov. 7, 2013 Town Crier photo of a soccer game at Idyllwild School. This award is for honorable mention from the National Newspaper Association. She won second place for the same photo earlier this year in the California Newspaper Publishers Association’s Better Newspapers Contest. “While I…

Photo by Becky Clark California Highway Patrol Officer M.J. Murawski investigates the scene of a one-vehicle rollover on Highway 74 about 1-1/2 miles west of Highway 243 Wednesday afternoon. Nichole Hutton Darling, 32, of Idyllwild, was traveling eastbound on Highway 74 just before 3 p.m. in a 1989 red Jeep Cherokee when she apparently dozed…

Caltrans will be making road repairs on Highway 243 from mile post marker 1 to 5.25 near the Forest Service to near Point of Rocks Drive this week. One-way traffic control on the highway  will occur from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday to Thursday, July 8 to 10. Caltrans will be installing recessed pavement…