Opinion: Grateful for coverage
I just wanted to say I appreciate all the hard work and long hours you put in covering the fire. The Town Crier had...
Opinion: Outstanding coverage
I commend you for your outstanding coverage of the Mountain Fire and the pictures your fearless photographer took of the event. You truly...
Opinion: Mountain Fire updates
I have a brother living full-time and parents who are part-time Idyllwild residents.
The San Jacinto Wilderness also is special to me for many years...
Opinion: Commissioners ignored voters
In response to your reader’s question who jokingly asked if Pete Capperelli dated my wife, Pete’s a great guy.
I think he also was...
Opinion: Evacuated businesses praised
I am writing to express appreciation to those business owners who followed the evacuation orders to leave Idyllwild like the rest of us. They...
Out loud: We’re still here …
1:45 p.m. Monday, July 15, a Mountain Center fire report to San Bernardino National Forest dispatch came over the scanner. I remember the description...
Opinion: Advice to evacuees
For all of the locals who evacuated, I know that it is a hard thing to do, leaving the comfort of home and community,...
Opinion: Documenting the Mountain Fire
The Mountain Fire will go down as one of the most consequential events in Idyllwild’s history, and we at the Idyllwild Area Historical Society...
Creature Corner: July 25, 2013
Adopted and ready for their new adventure this week were Teddy Bear and Tyler II, two males from the litter of gray kittens. They...
Past Tense: July 25, 2013
65 years ago - 1948
With a net profit of almost $4,000 from the Gold Strike, the Idyllwild Chamber of Commerce paid off a $1,500...