by News Staff | Aug 19, 2008 | Past Posts
Late, hot summer and road jobs. They go together, and right now they’re going on north of Independence and in Mammoth Lakes, not to mention other highways in the region. With the aftermath of flood and mudslide devastation still visible from Highway 395 north of...
by News Staff | Aug 19, 2008 | Past Posts
Since 62% of the Town of Mammoth budget comes from Transient Occupancy Tax, the Mono Grand Jury thought it worthy to check out how the Town collects those taxes and if there are delinquencies. TOT is charged on nightly motel or condo rentals. Through interviews with...
by News Staff | Aug 19, 2008 | Past Posts
With state funds still uncertain, Bishop Elementary School officials decided to ask voters to support a bond measure to help improve school facilities. It's called Measure A, and County Clerk Mary Roper made it known that Friday is the deadline to submit ballot...
by News Staff | Aug 19, 2008 | Bureaucrat Beat
We in the Bureaucrat Beat newsroom feel passionately about the need to remain informed. How about you? Those who don’t sometimes get a nasty surprise. That’s why we scan headlines in a number of news media and read stories – to avoid sudden...
by News Staff | Aug 18, 2008 | Past Posts
Last week a small fire burned about four acres of brush on Lower Rock Creek Road between Paradise and Swall Meadows. Now Cal Fire Division Chief Roger Thompson reports that this fire was caused by a Mono County truck using a scraper blade to clear rocks off the road....
