RMRU assists hiker rescues in Pinyon and Pine Cove
On Sunday, Dec. 30, a 50-year-old male from Tucson, Ariz., began a hike on the Martinez Canyon Trail in Thermal to the Sugar Loaf...
ARF presenter talks about aggressive dogs
Nan Arthur, the first 2013 presenter in Animal Rescue Friends of Idyllwild’s new speaker series, has spent 20 years analyzing why animals act and...
2012’s top stories: Part 2
Editor’s note: At the end of each year, the Town Crier looks back at the headlines that made the biggest local news during the year ...
Kidnapping, carjacking, injury at bottom of Highway 74
Around 8:40 am. on Saturday, Dec. 29 a Riverside County Sheriff's community service officer stopped to give assistance to an injured man on Highway...
Burglars hit Lake Hemet Market early Saturday morning
In scenarios similar to recent Idyllwild commercial burglaries, burglars broke into Lake Hemet Market in the early morning of Saturday, Dec. 29. Manger Alex...
Idyllwild Water purchases land and plans tank expansion
In its last meeting before 2013, the Idyllwild Water District board changed the number of paid employee holidays, continued to move forward on additional...
Holiday closings: New Year’s 2012
Hill businesses and institutions that will be closed Tuesday, Jan. 1, to observe the New Year’s Day holiday:
Area post offices
BBVA Compass Bank
Fern Creek Medical...
News of Record – Dec. 28, 2012
Fire log
Hill fire stations responded to the following calls, Monday to Tuesday, Dec. 17 to 25, 2012:
Idyllwild Fire Department and Ambulance
Dec. 18 — Medical...
Snow, ice and low-top shoes — RMRU rescues unprepared hiker
Riverside Mountain Rescue Unit, working with Hemet Station deputies and Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Aviation, responded to Christmas Day reports of an overdue and...
Reitz and Fern Valley discuss hydrants
Idyllwild Fire Protection District Chief Patrick Reitz attended the Fern Valley Water District board meeting to discuss how his department and the district could...