Kathy Harmon-Luber has called Idyllwild home since 2003. Harmon-Luber is an artist in many forms including sketching and painting. She is also an award-winning photographer. Recently, Harmon-Luber was recognized for another passion in the art realm — poetry. Last month, Harmon-Luber submitted one of her poems “Nature Becomes Me” to the Seventh Annual Ross Andrews…
Linda was born in Inglewood on July 8, 1950. She grew up in Hawthorne (the Los Angeles area) with an interest in anthropology. She attended the University of California, Santa Barbara where she met and married Daniel Fedrick in 1971. They raised their only daughter, Allison, who today also lives in Idyllwild and helps to…
Like all of you, we are wondering when we can go to a restaurant, when we will feel safe going to the essential businesses that remain open. A friend is in danger of bankruptcy because his business in the desert is required to be closed but his landlord still wants rent. How will people survive…
Like many other small businesses, the Town Crier has been impacted by COVID-19. We are cooperating with the expert-prescribed economic shutdown by closing our office to the public and doing business by phone and email. Our Members and Advertisers have been golden. Every day Members are renewing their Memberships, and new Members join us weekly…
By Trudy Lieberman Community Health News Service The growing numbers of unemployed Americans — likely to hit 20 million or more thanks to the effects of the coronavirus — bring with them a loss of employer-provided health insurance coverage. The pandemic has laid bare the deficiencies in America’s main vehicle for providing health insurance. The system,…
A fatal motorcycle collision occurred on Highway 371 last week, according to California Highway Patrol (CHP) Public Information Officer Matt Napier. On April 15 at 2:57 p.m., Albert Charles Farrell, 79 of Palm Springs, was driving a gold and blue 2010 Harley-Davidson Electra Glide east on Highway 371 just west of Highway 74 when, for…
70 years ago – 1950 Idyllwild residents performing in the Ramona pageant were Flo Wendelken as Margarita, Lee Dutton as Juan Canito and Boy Scout troup members as Native American dancers. 65 years ago – 1955 At the regular meeting of the Idyllwild Fire Protection District, commissioners set a…
Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, April 12 to April 18. Idyllwild • April 12 — Vehicle burglary, 12:50 p.m. Jameson Rd. Handled by deputy. • April 12 — Assist other department, 5:08 p.m. 54000 block of Pine Crest Ave. Handled by deputy. •…
Last week in “Days of Our Nine Lives,” ARF cats discussed the new normal for ARF. Zeus: I’m getting pretty tired of all the quiet around here. Lulu: I think all of us are and so are the ARF humans. Whiskers: But I bet we will see humans once they are allowed to…
Riverside University Health System (RUHS) is still reporting three confirmed COVID-19 cases for Idyllwild-Pine Cove. The number has not increased since April 6 when the number jumped from one to two. The first confirmed case in Idyllwild-Pine Cove was April 3. As of April 21 at 1 p.m., Riverside County has 2,960 confirmed COVID-19 cases….
