As the willow street workforce housing project nears completion in Bishop, the property manager in charge of renting out the two and three bedroom apartments reports that so far he cant find enough qualified applicants. The problem: the majority of the applicants make too much money to qualify for the low income housing. The City […]
A friend searching the high Sierra from an airplane helped locate an overdue backpacker who had planned to meet friends in Pine Creek, near Rovana, on Saturday. Battered, bloody, and with a broken wrist, Charlie Hench of San Luis Obispo was in good spirits when the CHP helicopter flew him into the Bishop Airport Wednesday […]
Time and again, teams in search of Steve Fossett have received reports of plane wreck sitings. So far, each time, the tip has turned into a false alarm. Most search efforts have faded down to parked planes that wait for hopeful information that Fossett is still alive. One report said that a siting was made […]
Members of the Neighborhood Church in Bishop want to build a fellowship hall and gym. They point to tough times for kids and the need for guidance, but Bishop Planning Commissioners pointed to parking riddles as their reason to say no to the church. About 50 people filled the seats in the Council Chambers while […]
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Most fascinating report from the Bureaucrat Beat newsroom? A large bat somehow got inside and flapped into one of our production rooms. Holy Dracula, Batman. Now what? Jesse Steele, who ironically will appear in a vampire play in Bishop, managed to get the winged rodent down the hall and out the door. No, the bat […]
When extreme weather hits, or worse, Mammoth Lakes and its thousands of visitors need to know what to do. In the past, communication has fallen short of helpful, but now, Town officials say they are ready. Just in time for Homeland Security’s National Preparedness month. Stuart Brown, Community Relations Manager, said that “systems are in […]
Do you care about the looks and feel of the Old Mammoth Road area? Town officials say they will listen at a second neighborhood meeting, Wednesday at 6pm in Suite Z. Saturday offers another chance to be heard over General Plan matters. The extensive Clearwater project prompted the close look at the northern area of […]
More than 25 years have gone by since Inyo County and DWP started to work on scientific ways to keep the Owens Valley environment safe from groundwater pumps. They still have no solid method in place, but both sides remain at work on the details. This according to Inyo County Water Director, Tom Brooks. Staff […]
For those who used to call us with exasperation that the Town of Mammoth Lakes was wasting water by sprinkling the pavement on Main St., good news. At the last meeting of the Mammoth Community Water District, Town representatives revealed that the Town installed an underground drip system at the Community Center and Library site. […]
The heated rift between the Mono Supervisors and Mono Assessor Jim Lovett has boiled over as the threatened recall effort is now underway. Officials report that the County Finance Department has calculated that taxing agencies in Mono County stand to lose over $6 million in property taxes if reassessments are not diligently pursued. Officials say […]
The Mammoth Fire Department was called out Friday afternoon after a backhoe nicked a two inch gas line at the Manzanita workforce housing project, causing a brief evacuation of some of the neighbors. Mammoth Fire Captain Thom Heller reports that some residents on Mono Street, downwind of the gas leak, were evacuated after the incident. […]
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