New air tanker funded in Forest Service’s 2015 budget
Nearly 75 days since the start of fiscal year 2015, the U.S. Congress enacted legislation last weekend to fund the federal government through the...
Youth Basketball practice
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A group of young kids at their first basketball practice at Idyllwild School gym Tuesday night. Town Hall Youth Basketball games begin after the...
PHOTO: Clark accepts award
Town Crier Publisher-Editor Becky Clark speaks to the California Press Foundation audience Friday night at the Marines’ Memorial Club in San Francisco after receiving the Justus F. Craemer Newspaper Executive of the Year award. Clark’s grandson, Carter Johnson, 8, holds the award presented by Hal Fuson. Clark also was elected chair of the foundation earlier in the day.
Radio Club expected to approve WNKI agreement
The Mile High Radio Club must now approve the same agreement for operation of local emergency radio station WNKI (1610 AM) that the Idyllwild...
Fire chief lifts ban on open burning
Following recent rains, Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Chief John R. Hawkins lifted the suspension of open burning effective 8 a.m. Monday, Dec. 8, for...
Web page to help commuters
Commuters and other drivers who need to know which Riverside County roads are closed because of recent storms can go to the Transportation Department...
News of Record: December 11, 2014
Fire log
The Idyllwild Fire Station responded to the following calls, Tuesday to Monday, Dec. 2 to Dec. 8.
Idyllwild
• Dec. 2 — Chimney or flue...
Flu season may be bad, CDC warns
This winter’s flu season may be worse than anticipated, said officials of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week, and the...
Lost hikers found and rescued Friday night
On Friday evening, Dec. 5, deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Cabazon Station responded to the top of the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway...
Forest Service starts winter prescribed burn program
With the arrival of favorable weather conditions, the U.S. Forest Service has begun its winter prescribed burn program throughout the San Bernardino National Forest....