Clover Fire Sends Smoke to Owens Valley

Smoke from the Clover fire continues to spill over into the Owens Valley. Burning in the Jeffrey Pine and Pinyon forests north of Kennedy Meadows and southwest of Olancha, at last report this fire was closing in on 3,000 acres in size. The Clover fire was started by...

Grave Dog Helps Find Phelan Body

Mammoth Police Sergeant Paul Dostie, whose grave-scent dog Buster jump started the recent search for additional Manson Family victims at the Barker Ranch, has made the news again. No bodies were found at the Barker Ranch, but now Sgt. Dostie and Buster have helped...

Presto, Summer!

Just like that, we plunge headlong into summer with the start of the Mammoth Mountain Bike Park and Adventure Center season. The Bike Park crew expected to have 10 trails open on the lower mountain, serviced by shuttle bus, with options for every ability level. The...

Helpful Fees or Economic Discouragement?

In a conversation that echoed last year’s Development Impact Fee increase discussions, fees raised their expensive heads again at this week’s Town Council meeting this time in the form of increases to building permit fees. Assistant Town Manager Karen...