Saruwatari describes role, future of county’s Emergency Management agency
Kimberly Saruwatari, director of the the Riverside County Emergency Management Department, was the featured speaker at the Mountain Emergency Service Committee meeting last Thursday...
Pape’s hearing rescheduled for Aug. 26
Hearings and settlement conferences for Robert Pape, 28, and Cristin Smith, 27, continue to be re-scheduled. Pape’s latest court appearance was Aug. 5 when...
Christin Smith’s defense in Pinyon homicide case seeks full dismissal of all charges
Arrested twice, charges dropped once, nearly 10 years after the crime, 27-year-old Christin Smith’s defense in a triple-homicide case is much more aggressive than...
Body found in Idyllwild
Late Saturday afternoon, officials from the Idyllwild Fire Department were alerted to a body on the Butterfield Commons on Strawberry Creek, the future home...
Registrar responds to grand jury report
In April, the Riverside County Grand Jury delivered a report critical of the county’s Registrar of Voters Office’s preparation and conduct of the November...
Attempted suicide on Highway 243
Just after 6 a.m. Monday, Aug. 15, first responders, including fire personnel and California Highway Patrol deputies, arrived at the scene of an attempted...
Lynch denied having failed his SWRCB water exam three times; SWRCB documents show...
On Monday, Aug. 15, the Idyllwild Town Crier informed IWD General Manager Thomas E. Lynch that the TC was going to publish a story...
Red Flag Warning in effect
Because of strong gusty winds and low humidity, Cal Fire has issued a Red Flag Warning until 9 p.m. tonight for parts of Northern...
Directors’ reactions to GM not passing exam
In February 2014, when the directors of the Idyllwild Water District hired General Manager Tom Lynch, they required him to “receive your State of...
State says Lynch failed water exam three times, is set to retake it in...
In February 2014, when Tom Lynch was hired to be general manager of Idyllwild Water District, he was required by the district to obtain...