by News Staff | Jan 29, 2009 | Past Posts
The good news – the treacherous two-lane sections of Highway 395 north and south of Independence now move forward to become four lanes. The bad news – many 100 year old trees and younger have fallen to chain saws so Caltrans can build sidewalks in rural...
by News Staff | Jan 28, 2009 | Past Posts
The recession has hit hard at home. Mammoth Mountain Ski Area cut the pay of senior management, cut expenses and some benefits, and this week the Ski Area laid off 101 employees. Mammoth Mountain CEO Rusty Gregory talked to us from San Francisco after attending a...
by News Staff | Jan 28, 2009 | Past Posts
Have a view on how affordable housing should work in Mammoth Lakes? Mammoth Housing, Inc. wants to hear from you. The group will put together a local Community Housing Strategy. Along these lines, Mammoth Housing wants to hear your opinions next Monday, February 2nd...
by News Staff | Jan 28, 2009 | Past Posts
While two Mammoth councilmen wrangle over a contract to hire Steve Searles to manage bears, two other councilmembers focus on a bear management plan. Town Manager Rob Clark seems to think the two will not conflict. Clark said that the Town Council Wildlife Committee...
by News Staff | Jan 28, 2009 | Past Posts
While lower then the state average unemployment in the Eastern Sierra continues to rise. For the year 2008, the unemployment rate for Inyo County averaged 6.7%. Mono County checked in with 6.5% unemployment for the past year. Both Inyo and Mono checked in below the...
