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Eastern Sierra News for February 02, 2026

 

 

 

 

State Inspection Reveals Faults at Mammoth Hospital

Back a few months, the State Department of Health and Human Services inspected Mammoth Hospital four times. The officials completed what they call their survey of Mammoth and have now sent us the findings and the Hospital's response. The State alleged that Mammoth...

Budget Problems and Raises

In local government, consent agendas usually fly through approval with no ado. This year, The Mammoth Town budget has flown under the microscope. So a consent resolution for a raise for Town Manager Rob Clark hit the brakes for public scrutiny. At a prior meeting,...

Mono Courthouse: Those Darned Assessments

Two weeks ago, Mono County Assessor Jody Hennning reported that she believed the long-awaited reassessment of Mammoth Mountain Ski Area would be completed in time to make it on the tax roll which is due at the end of the month. But on Tuesday, Henning reported to the...

Senate Considers Wilderness Bill

The proposed Boxer McKeon Wilderness Bill is one step closer to becoming law. This week, Congressman Buck McKeons office announced that the bill had made it to the Senate Natural Resources Committee. A companion bill has been sent to the house as well. If the...

Body of Hiker Found on a Sierra Cliff Face

Missing since signing the summit register on Mt. Goode July Fourth, on Wednesday Inyo Search and Rescue Volunteers took on the difficult and sad task of retrieving the body of 44 year old mountaineer Ric DeVan from where it lay on a high Sierra cliff. What led to the...