The 2020/21 school year is just around the corner and the Hemet Unified School District (HUSD) will be updating its plan in response to the governor’s press conference last Friday. As of press time, there are still no COVID-19-related deaths reported for the area of Idyllwild-Pine Cove and there are a total of 10 reported…
On July 9, Gov. Gavin Newsom held a press conference at McClellan Air Force Base in Sacramento about the state’s wildfire preparedness efforts. According to Newsom, there were 628 fires the first week of July in the state of California and 4,112 wildfires from July of last year to July of this year, as of…
Another Idyllwild Fire Protection District (IFPD) commissioner resigned, the second one this year. Jerry Buchanan resigned last week and IFPD is soliciting resumes with a cover letter to fill the position. The deadline to submit a resume and cover letter is 5 p.m. on July 23. The next IFPD board meeting is 3 p.m. Tuesday, July…
Idyllwild Water District (IWD) Chief Financial Officer Hosny Shouman processed a payment cashing out 160 vacation hours in October of 2019, when the district was without a general manager to approve that vacation payout. The sign-off on the payout did not occur until early December. Former General Manager Michael Creighton was fired from his position…
Idyllwild Fire Idyllwild Fire Protection District recently responded to the following calls. • July 6 — Medical aid, 8:48 a.m. Crestview Dr. • July 6 — Medical aid, 12:16 p.m. Tollgate Rd. • July 6 — Walk-in medical assist, 5:30 p.m. • July 7 — Medical aid, 11:17 a.m. Delano Dr. • July 7 —…
The myriad detailed touches involved in any office move have been completed. In case you missed it, the Town Crier office is now located at 54391 Village Center Drive, immediately next to the Idyllwild Pharmacy with the same phone number: 951-659-2145. Mandy will still help you with job printing, business cards, color Xerox copies, larger…
In preparation for candidate filing under COVID-19 restrictions, the Riverside County Registrar of Voters is encouraging contact-less filing options for candidates who wish to run for office in the Nov. 3, 2020 Presidential General Election. Candidate filing began on Monday, July 13, 2020 at 8 a.m. and concludes on Aug. 7, 2020 at 5 p.m….
With an increase in cases and hospitalizations, the county was ordered by the state to close more businesses if those businesses could not operate outdoors. The area of Idyllwild-Pine Cove has a total of 10 cases since the outbreak of COVID-19, the same number reported when the newspaper went to print last week, according to…
Unfortunately, a third person has been added to the list of missing persons linked to Idyllwild or the surrounding areas since the beginning of the year. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department (RCSD), Rosario Garcia was last seen July 7 wearing a brown shirt and blue jeans at the 26000 block of Katherine Street…
Riverside County Public Health is hosting a one-day COVID-19 mobile testing site at the Mountain Resource Center, 25380 Franklin Dr., on Tuesday, July 21 from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The county will be able to test about 150 people like it did at the Idyllwild Library last month. To make an appointment, call 800-945-6171….
