by News Staff | Nov 20, 2007 | Bureaucrat Beat
With turkey day just down the way, here is some depressing news about the cost of a holiday celebration. According to Bloomberg News, “A Thanksgiving Day turkey dinner with side dishes and dessert will be 11% more expensive this year, the biggest annual increase...
by News Staff | Nov 20, 2007 | Past Posts
Our volunteer Search and Rescue teams – the remarkable people who stand between life and death or injury fo0r those who brave the back country. A dramatic example this week when Inyo Search and Rescue responded to reports that two local climbers were missing....
by News Staff | Nov 20, 2007 | Past Posts
The promised document is out. The Draft EIS on air service at Mammoth Yosemite airport. The FAA prepared the document and said that Horizon Air proposes commercial air service to Mammoth. The proposed service would begin in December 2008 with two daily flights from...
by News Staff | Nov 19, 2007 | Obituaries
Some sad announcements today. News of the death of two beloved residents of the Eastern Sierra. Dan Beets, a resident of both Mono and Inyo over the past 25 years or so, died today at his home after a more than two year battle with throat cancer. Beets was born in Los...
by News Staff | Nov 19, 2007 | Past Posts
Mammoth Fire Department and CalFire teamed up to try to make Mammoth Lakes safer recently. Homes on the edge of the forest or wildlands stand in greater jeopardy than most neighborhoods. The entire community of Mammoth Lakes sits in the forest, and Fire Chief Brent...