by News Staff | Jun 6, 2008 | Past Posts
Friday afternoon, Inyo County Clerk Mary Roper released the information – Supervisor Richard Cervantes won his election with 50% plus one vote, he squeaked through. Since the votes were so close, Roper decided to do a recount with a hand tally of ballots. She...
by News Staff | Jun 6, 2008 | Past Posts
51 year old Ronald Watson of Onyx, California, the man accused of lighting a string of fires in Mammoth in June of 2007, is scheduled for trial next week. After allegedly making threats (that included telling people to prepare to die) at the Forest Service Visitor...
by News Staff | Jun 6, 2008 | Bureaucrat Beat
The Bureaucrat Beat newsroom staff thought it over and agreed that we really miss the former cobbler in Bishop – Mas Blackwell. Besides the fact that he fixed shoes and saved old favorites from the trash bin, Mas was a symbol of a certain life – inventive,...
by News Staff | Jun 5, 2008 | Past Posts
The theme of the June fourth Town Council meeting was an ode to Councilman Kirk Stapp. Councilmember John Eastman led the charge by thanking Stapp for 22 years of service. Following Eastman, every council person as well as most of the public that spoke, thanked Stapp...
by News Staff | Jun 5, 2008 | Past Posts
Not just an environmental project. That’s what Supervisor Jim Bilyeu had to say about the Lower Owens River. His comment grew from a discussion over a grant to help pay for recreation plan for the river. The Board did accept the Sierra Nevada Conservancy grant...
