by News Staff | Jul 20, 2007 | Past Posts
After months climbing high in the mountains of Pakistan, Bishop resident Don Bowie and his teammates reached the summit of K2 on Friday. They call their team Shared Summits, and three of the six team members made it to the summit last week. At 28,251 feet, (close to...
by News Staff | Jul 19, 2007 | Past Posts
Though it will hurt their future ability to get state housing grants, the Mammoth Council decided this week to send back the money for the Tavern Road workforce housing project. This project at the Park and Ride site on Old Mammoth Road was planned to be 31...
by News Staff | Jul 19, 2007 | Past Posts
Just say yes. After four and a half years of contention, Mammoth Planning Commission Chairman Roy Saari and many others urged the Town Council to sign off on the General Plan this week. The Planning Commission has already approved a General Plan Update that...
by News Staff | Jul 19, 2007 | Past Posts
Recent conflagrations in Inyo and Mono have dredged up concerns over adequate homeowner’s insurance protection. The frighteningly close disaster of the Inyo Complex Fire and the June Fire brought many of us up short to face a harsh reality. We live in wildfire...
by News Staff | Jul 19, 2007 | Past Posts
In what appeared to be a record for scheduling a meeting, a simmering trash issue in Southern Inyo County threatened to boil over at the supervisors meeting this week. Looking to save money on hauling trash out of dumpsters and transfer stations in Southern...