The Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians invites the community and public to the 22nd-annual Soboba Inter-Tribal Pow Wow set for Friday to Sunday, Sept. 14, to 16, at the Soboba Event Center next to Soboba Casino in San Jacinto. This will be a family friendly event with free admission and parking, and everyone is welcome….
Congressman Raul Ruiz, MD, posted the above video via Facebook Live today, explaining how a letter from the Idyllwild Town Crier prompted him to act to protect the viability of newspapers across the country, saddled with increased printing costs due to a new tariff.
Thursday morning, Aug. 30, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Marijuana Extraction Team removed a grove of marijuana from U.S. Forest Service lands north of Lake Fulmor. Starting early in the morning, the team, whose members are from the Sheriff’s Department, the U.S. Forest Service, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the California National…
Editor’s note: On Aug. 30, the Town Crier reported that Darryl Scholl had been stabbed multiple times on the night of Aug. 21. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department had arrested and charged Jeremy Greene, 23, of Oceanside, for the attack two days later. Since that story appeared, several people have stepped forward with additional information…
On Sunday, Sept. 2, two weary hikers were airlifted off the mountain. About 11 a.m., the Mt. San Jacinto State Park Wilderness received a call from a fatigued hiker unable to continue hiking, according to the press release from Todd Friedman of the California Department of Parks and Recreation. The call was from a male…
Hemet Unified School District was one of nine school districts in the state to receive the U.S. Department of Education’s 2014 School Climate Transformation Grant. The funds were used to support and create multi-tiered behavioral programs for students. With some of these funds, HUSD staff members began implementing Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports into its…
Idyllwild Arts’ future is her destination “I still feel new. Every day I’m learning,” said Pam Jordan, beginning her fifth year as president and head of school of the Idyllwild Arts Foundation. “I feel very much in service to this school and town, and looking at it through that lens. I can only lead the…
Editor: Weekend vendors are literally taking money from the pockets of we, the brick-and-mortar store owners in the village. Now, but more than ever since the fire. Our revenue is suffering, yet we seem forced to still share what little there is. Tell me why? I’m not the only business to feel this way or…
Editor: My friend calls me, breathless with concern. Her housekeeper is late. For 10 years, S. has always been on time; today her cell phone picks up immediately. Originally from El Salvador, S. and her husband, a handyman, have raised their daughter in our small California community. We worry that S.’s family, all undocumented, will…
Editor: I am a happy taxpayer. I had the opportunity to attend the meeting on flood control and road closures on Monday, Aug. 27, at Idyllwild School. A panel of experts from the offices of many governmental agencies were in attendance. They shared information about the impact of the Cranston Fire on our mountain, and…
