Go Fish and Win Money!

Fishing registers high on many scales this time of year. The new Bishop Creek Canyon Summer Classic Trout Derby is under way right now through the Bishop Chamber of Commerce. It’s a month-long contest through the end of June. With grant sponsorship from Inyo...

Bill Gates Scholarship for Bishop Student

Many students received scholarships at the Bishop High School awards ceremony Wednesday night, but a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Millennium Foundation will give one student a full ride all the way through medical school. Superintendent Maggie Kingsbury...

Embezzlement Arrest and Assault Conviction

A former Crowley Lake resident has been charged with embezzlement from a local business. Mono Deputy District Attorney Kyle Graham reports that Peggy Henderson has been charged with one count of embezzlement from Bills Appliances. Between February of 2006 and February...

Governor Declares Statewide Drought

While the Eastern Sierra basks in a close to normal water year, Governor Schwarzenegger has declared a statewide drought with emergency measures to help water agencies. Locally, the Eastern Sierra shows a roughly 86% run-off year. The snowpack reached close to normal,...

Guilty Plea for Mammoth Animal Cruelty Case

David Douglas Speidel, the 21 year old mammoth man accused of throwing a four and a half month old puppy off a second floor balcony, has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor animal cruelty. In April, Mammoth Police Officers reported that the suspect threw the puppy, named...