Fortunately the Mountain Fire skirted Idyllwild and the town was spared any damage. Most residents suffered and endured the inconvenience of having to evacuate for four nights. But the fire and subsequent evacuation posed a greater and more difficult challenge for some, particularly clients of the Idyllwild HELP Center, according to Executive Director Karen Patterson….
Desert Adventures is providing Jeep tours in Idyllwild. Two Jeeps are stationed in Idyllwild for tours on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. The two-hour tours depart from Idyllwild Vacation Cabins at 54380 North Circle Drive mornings and afternoons. Tour guides tell about Idyllwild’s transition from a small camping area in Strawberry Valley to a renowned culture…
Next month will be the mail-in ballot election for three seats on the Idyllwild Fire Protection District Commission. Four candidates — Commission President Jeannine Charles-Stigall, Rhonda Andrewson, Steve Kunkle and Nancy Layton — are vying for three seats on the commission. The Town Crier is interviewing each candidate and sponsoring a Candidate’s Forum in early…
Next month will be the mail-in ballot election for three seats on the Idyllwild Fire Protection District Commission. Four candidates — Commission President Jeannine Charles-Stigall, Rhonda Andrewson, Steve Kunkle and Nancy Layton — are vying for three seats on the commission. The Town Crier is interviewing each candidate and sponsoring a Candidate’s Forum in early…
By Michael Fogerty Director of Transportation Hemet Unified School District At about 5 p.m. Monday, July 15, Hemet Unified School District Director/Safety Officer Lucy Rebuck contacted me regarding the possible need to evacuate 250 children from the Ronald McDonald Camp in the Lake Hemet area. Six buses were immediately dispatched to the location. The drivers…
Approximately 66,000 vote-by-mail ballots will be mailed to voters starting Monday (July 29) for the Rancho California Water District and Idyllwild Fire Protection District mail ballot election on August 27. Ballots should arrive in mailboxes by the end of the week. To be counted, the Registrar of Voters office must receive the voted ballots by…
The Idyllwild Area Historical Society’s effort to make old issues of the Idyllwild Town Crier available online in a searchable format for personal historical research is moving along. All issues from 1949 through 1953 have now been beautifully scanned by NewsBank Inc., thanks to a grant from the Idyllwild Community Fund and gifts from the…
The Mountain Fire is the second largest fire in California this year, only the Powerhouse Fire in the Angeles National Forest measuring 30,200 acres was bigger, by about 10 percent. The third largest was the Chariot Fire in the Cleveland National Forest at 7,000 acres. Monday, July 15, began sunny and hot with clear skies….
The July 25 meeting of the Idyllwild Historical Preservation District Local Review Board meeting is cancelled and the next meeting is Aug. 22 at the Idyllwild Library. The ISIS production of “Red,” scheduled for the weekends of July 26 and Aug. 2, has been cancelled.
Thus read the headline of the Town Crier on July 4, 1996, right after the Bee Canyon Fire had burned more than 9,000 acres and knocked at Pine Cove’s back door. “We’re still here” means every bit as much to Hill residents now as it did then.
