by News Staff | Jan 9, 2009 | Past Posts
In Mammoth- town crews continue their work to get the ice rink back up and running. While staff had hoped the rink would be operational this weekend, that doesnt look like it will happen. Last week a mechanical problem led to sloppy conditions at first. Then the ice...
by News Staff | Jan 9, 2009 | Past Posts
Local educators say they are amazed that the California Legislature can’t come together on a budget to avoid serious pain in the schools. In Mammoth Lakes, School Superintendent Frank Romero said the “partisan bickering in Sacramento is nonsense.” No...
by News Staff | Jan 9, 2009 | Bureaucrat Beat
Mammoth claims fame for sking. Bishop for mules. Just think, the town of Independence could promote itself as the Tree Stump Capitol of the West. While serious doubt hovers over highway funding, Caltrans Director Tom Hallenbeck still wants to cut down 100 trees in...
by News Staff | Jan 8, 2009 | Past Posts
Mammoth’s Measure R will continue rolling forward now that Town Council has approved the Measure R tool/application, the process schedule and the budget recommendations. Measure R, the .5 cent increase to Mammoth’s sales tax, began to be collected on Oct....
by News Staff | Jan 8, 2009 | Past Posts
The State Water Resources Control Board has scheduled a public meeting in Bishop next week to discuss potential new regulations on septic tanks. While the idea behind these yet to be finalized regulations is to prevent the sewage in septic tanks from polluting...