BREAKING: Mountain Fire updates
10 A.M. THURSDAY, AUG 1 UPDATE: Many trails open today and Friday.
Click here to view the latest Mountain Fire closure area map.
Several areas within...
Stage 2 water restrictions begin Sept. 1
Idyllwild Water District will move to a Stage 2 Water Shortage Emergency on Sunday, Sept. 1. General Manager Terry Lyons made the recommendations to...
News of Record: August 1, 2013
Fire log
Hill fire stations responded to the following calls, Tuesday, July 23, to Monday, July 29:
Idyllwild Fire Department and Ambulance
July 23 — Two medical...
Yokoji-Zen Mountain Center escapes fire, but not mudslide
While many people worried that the Mountain Fire would burn the Yokoji-Zen Mountain Center in Apple Canyon, neither flames nor heat damaged the Center rather water and mud were the culprits ...
Incumbent Charles-Stigall running for seat
The mail-in ballots for the Idyllwild Fire Protection District Commission election should begin arriving in Idyllwild mail boxes this week. Four candidates — Commission...
Incident management team comes and goes
The Incident Management Team and fire officials from the San Bernardino National Forest and its San Jacinto Ranger District met Wednesday afternoon, July 24,...
Campaign Forum next Tuesday for IFPD
By J.P. Crumrine
News Editor
The mail-in ballots for the Idyllwild Fire Protection District Commission election should begin arriving in Idyllwild mail boxes this week. Four...
Matter of fact
In the July 25 Town Crier on page 25, the photo of an Erickson Aircrane Sikorsky S–64 was misidentified as a Cal Fire helicopter....
‘Everything’s gone’
Martin Prevosto and Sasha Fisher were both working on Monday, July 15, when the disastrous Mountain Fire started in Mountain Center. Prevosto, a contractor...
Fire challenges Idyllwild HELP Center
Fortunately the Mountain Fire skirted Idyllwild and the town was spared any damage. Most residents suffered and endured the inconvenience of having to evacuate...