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Eastern Sierra News for February 04, 2026

 

 

 

 

Quagga Inspections For Lone Pine Fishing Opener

With the early season trout opener this weekend, DWP crews are expected to help Inyo County staff inspect boats for the invasive quagga mussels at Diaz Lake, near Lone Pine. Every year, visitors and locals head to Southern Inyo for the early trout opener at Diaz Lake,...

Another Dusty Day For Lone Pine Tuesday

Another day of high winds picked up dust from the Owens Dry Lake to unhealthy levels. With more work to do on the DWP dust control efforts, Great Basin Air Pollution Control issued a Stage 2 health advisory Tuesday for the Lone Pine area, meaning that everyone, not...

Suspect Sought in Mammoth Hit and Run

Mammoth Police are currently looking for the driver of a Porsche thought be involved in a hit and run accident Monday night. Police report that the gray Porsche hit another car driven by a local Mammoth woman in the intersection of Minaret and Old Mammoth Road at...

Timeline to Get Used to 760 Area Code Overlay

We now have two months to get ready for changes under the new area code overlay. You may remember that the Public Utilities Commission finally decided in favor of an area code overlay which ultimately requires us to dial 10 digits every time we make a phone call, even...

Recent Snow Takes Edge Off Dire Drought Conditions

Do drought conditions really look as bad as some say? According to the state Department of Water Resources, no, it’s not that awful. According to DWR, the mountain snowpack that feeds the state’s reservoirs has reached 80% of normal to date. Precipitation,...