The red-laminated sign posted on the wall next to the Bank of America’s ATM located in the wall of BBVA’s Compass bank, reads, “ATM Notice – On Tuesday, May 29 at 8:00 a.m., this ATM will permanently close. Your nearest Bank of America ATM is located at: Palm Springs Main, 588 S. Palm Canyon Drive,…

Optimism and good news were prevalent at last week’s Mountain Area Safety Taskforce meeting. Fire officials from forest fire agencies — U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management and CAL FIRE — discussed their preparations for the 2012 fire season that has already begun.

Richard Mozeleski is the new Town Hall sports coordinator. He began last week after passing the final background checks. Mozeleski and his wife moved to Fern Valley several years ago from Murietta where he had a landscaping business. Before becoming full-time neighbors, they were commuting from Murrieta part-time for five years before. The traditional menu…

A power outage affected the wider Idyllwild area beginning at 7:44 a.m. Monday, Jan. 25. Affected areas included most of Idyllwild, Pine Cove and along Highway 243 to Round Robin Drive past the Alandale Guard Station. Parts of Garner Valley also experienced the outage, which rolled out at slightly different intervals and ended roughly one…