Mono Sheriff Goes to Flying M Ranch

With the Eastern Sierra in the eye of the search for famous aviator Steve Fossett, Mono County Sheriff Rick Scholl found himself in Barron Hilton’s Flying M Ranch, along with many of the luminaries at the center of the now more than week-long search. Sheriff...

Bishop Bike Path Plans: What Do You Think?

Bishop Public Works Director David Grah is looking for input on proposed bike paths and bicycle improvement projects in town. The City of Bishop, working with Inyo County, and the Bishop Paiute Tribe, are working on a plan for the best routes for bike travel. The idea...

USFS Gets Specific on Pot Farm Eradication

Earlier this summer, law enforcement agents seized some 50,000 plants growing in a number of Inyo County canyons. With regular raids on outdoor farms throughout National Forest land in California, Forest Service officials recently announced plans to stop illegal...

Taco Bell Burglary

Employees of Taco Bell in Bishop arrived at work Tuesday morning to find an unexpected mess. At about 5:30 am, police responded to reports of a burglary at the Taco Bell. Sometime during the night someone smashed the glass on the east side of the building. What they...

Fire Danger Undercover

Two months ago, we lived with lightning-sparked major fires near Independence, Big Pine and June Lake. Since then, we have fortunately dealt with only small, isolated fires, but officials warn that just because it’s cooler and we’ve had a little rain does...