by News Staff | Sep 2, 2008 | Past Posts
Phone Companies want to do what's called an overlay of Area Code 760. That means we would have to dial 10 digits every time we want to call our Eastern Sierra neighbors. Inyo Supervisor Susan Cash was headed to a hearing on the 760 issue. An administrative court...
by News Staff | Sep 2, 2008 | Past Posts
With many visitors to the Eastern Sierra over the Labor Day holiday, Inyo County Search and Rescue volunteers had a busy weekend. Friday, SAR volunteers headed to Mt. Whitney to help a man who had badly lacerated his foot and his hand in a fall. On Tuesday, the...
by News Staff | Sep 2, 2008 | Past Posts
Inyo Sheriff Bill Lutze has confirmed the arrest of a Big Pine woman by federal postal inspectors from Bakersfield. The Sheriff said that one of his deputies worked with the postal inspectors to arrest 40 year old Heather Marvin and her husband. After questioning, the...
by News Staff | Sep 2, 2008 | Past Posts
Almost desperate to create a stronger economy, Inyo officials did agree Tuesday to go ahead with a study on a Natural Beef production business for the area. Inyo County Administrator Kevin Carunchio said he and others have worked on this idea for a couple of years. He...
by News Staff | Sep 2, 2008 | Past Posts
Saturday afternoon, the Labor Day holiday crowd slowed way down as highway travel ground to a halt in the midst of a major wind and dust storm across Highway 395 north of Independence. Signs of the storm first turned up as a three car wreck north of the town. Highway...