Dream Big kicks off at Idyllwild Library
On Saturday, July 7, Idyllwild Fire Protection District 621 surprised the kids and arrived at the Dream Big event …
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Art Day at Spirit Mountain Retreat
Anne Kellogg, Expressive Art Therapist (second from left), offered a day of meditation, movement, writing and art on Saturday at Spirit Mountain Retreat Center.
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Fire restrictions increase in national forest
As of Friday, June 29, and as the seasonal fire danger rises, forest officials are increasing fire use restrictions in the San Bernardino National Forest. This past winter the forest experienced less than average winter snow and rainfall, and the seasonal outlook expects a warmer and drier summer this year with below average summer “monsoonal”…
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Mountain Folk: Johnson gives family tour of Vinson
Last weekend families of U.S. Navy servicemen and women stationed on the San Diego-based aircraft carrier Carl Vinson had the opportunity to greet their loved ones, board the Vinson and go 40 miles out to sea and watch carrier-based aircraft take off and land. Steve and Margie Johnson and family members met up with son…
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Idyllwild Fire Commissioner suggest Pine Cove member of fire board
At the June 20 special meeting of the County Service Area 38 Advisory Committee meeting, Idyllwild Fire Commissioner Dr. Charles “Chip” Schelly addressed the committee and the community lamenting the lack of agreement, comity and teamwork between Pine Cove and the Idyllwild Fire Department. He suggested investigating ways in which Pine Cove residents might have…
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Church hosts craft fair
The Community Presbyterian Church hosted many artists on Saturday at their annual Arts & Crafts fair …
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Injured female hiker rescued on Tahquitz
A female hiker was rescued from Tahquitz Rock in Idyllwild after sustaining injury to an extremity, according to Riverside County Fire Department spokesperson Jody Hagemann. The injured female was extracted from the area by a helicopter hoist and was transported by ground ambulance to an area hospital in stable condition, according to Hagemann. RCFD, CAL…
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Opinion: Re: Closure of Idyllwild Pines Camp — 4
Martha Snyder wrote in “Another Point of View” [see the Town Crier’s June 28 issue] that Idyllwild Pines Camp now prohibits pedestrians from walking through camp because children are being kidnapped, molested, abused and murdered. Really? How will preventing locals from walking through camp protect campers? The article reads like a bad sermon: inflammatory, over…
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Opinion: Re: Closure of Idyllwild Pines Camp — 3
For more than a decade, it has been my joy, nearly every day, to walk the path along beautiful Strawberry Creek from Delano to town and back with my dog, who loved our outings as much as I did. When I saw the “Private Property” signs that went up at Idyllwild Pines Camp, I felt…
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RMRU completes two hiker rescues on July 4
The Riverside Mountain Rescue Unit completed two rescues on the Fourth of July. Long accustomed to interruption of holiday celebrations, the RMRU team began one mission around 9 p.m. on Tuesday, July 3rd. Two hikers from the San Francisco area had left the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway mountaintop station at 2:15 p.m. for a day…
