by News Staff | Aug 25, 2008 | Past Posts
With a band playing at the Pokonobe Lodge Sunday, the non-profit Eastern Sierra Music Society got in a tangle with the Mammoth Town Finance Department over business taxes. Tom Gault and his band Flashback, were set to play retro rock and roll for guests at the...
by News Staff | Aug 25, 2008 | Past Posts
Mayor Pro Tem Neil McCarroll kicked off the discussion of the 2008/09 budget at the Aug. 20 Town Council meeting by saying, “This is going to be tedious.” The budget discussion, which has been going on for months now, ever since the Council realized they...
by News Staff | Aug 25, 2008 | Past Posts
Kevin Green, the would-be entrepreneur who landed in jail on a Mono County fraud warrant, has now made restitution, bailed from jail but still faces a felony charge. Assistant District Attorney Tim Kendall said that he agreed to lower Green’s bail from $100,000...
by News Staff | Aug 24, 2008 | Past Posts
For three hours Saturday morning, those who listened to their police scanners thought they had tapped into a major, local disaster. A 7.1 earthquake had hit near Mammoth Lakes earlier. It was all a disaster drill. Not for real, but lots of folks responded as if it...
by News Staff | Aug 22, 2008 | Past Posts
This month Readers Digest has published a story that features Bishop Public Works Director David Grah. In their section on Amazing Stories, Grah is featured for his help finding San Luis Obispo resident Charlie Hench, who was stuck in the High Sierra. In late...
