Good Deal for Search and Rescue

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....

Air Service on Front Burner

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...

In Memoriam: The Passing of Two Local Residents

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...

Old Mammoth: Serious Fire Danger

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...