Out Loud: IWD …
Raising a director’s compensation from $50 to $100 a meeting (including committee meetings) in 2013 hit a nerve.
By voting out two Idyllwild Water District...
Out Loud: Circle of Life
I received numerous responses to my editorial last week, some very good suggestions, too. The primary reaction — and none of the responders said...
Out Loud: Our role …
I wrote about the challenges of running a newspaper in a small town a couple of weeks ago.
One new one came about...
Out Loud: TC circulation WAY up!
Editor’s note: Jack is taking a turn this week.
First of all, what does “circulation” really mean?
We order 5,600 newspapers printed every week. (We used...
Out Loud: March 21, 2019
Last Thursday marked the one-month anniversary of the Valentine’s Day deluge resulting in lava-like slides that melted our mountaintop.
...
Out Loud: Unique challenges
Running a newspaper in a small town can pose unique challenges not found in other businesses in a small town.
• Diverse viewpoints.
• Questions as...
Out Loud: Community spirit …
Former TC Publisher Grace Reed established the Ernie Maxwell Community Spirit Award in 2011, the year Emax would have turned 100.
The award recognizes an...
Out Loud: Uncanny weather …
Three of us who braved last Thursday’s summer concert huddled through the entire event, watching chairs fold up and people leaving in swarms as...
Out Loud: Basic Peace Officer Training Academy graduation …
Riverside County Sheriff Stan Sniff and Capt. Ray Wood regard the rural Hill communities as important within the large territory they manage.
By large, I...
Out Loud: September 17, 2015
Fred S. McChesney, a professor of law and economics at the University of Miami, wrote an intelligent opinion for the Washington Post on Sept....