by News Staff | Apr 28, 2009 | Past Posts
Tuesday was the fourth day of searching the snow covered peaks of the Eastern Sierra for two people from Colorado that went missing after their plane took off from Tonopah, NV, Friday. First Lt. Matthew Scherzi with the Civil Air Patrol reports that the plane, a...
by News Staff | Apr 28, 2009 | Past Posts
On Sunday, Inyo County Search and Rescue volunteers were called out for the sad task of recovering the body of a woman who had fallen on Mt. Whitney. Reports indicate that a man and his wife, Keum Kim, were climbing up the ice and rock chute known as the Mountaineers...
by News Staff | Apr 28, 2009 | Past Posts
In spite of a fairly healthy runoff prediction for Mammoth Lakes, Water District staff will look at the whole picture and then make a recommendation on how to evaluate this year’s water supply in the Mammoth area. At their recent meeting, water board officials...
by News Staff | Apr 28, 2009 | Past Posts
More swine flu cases documented today, and the World Health Organization raised its pandemic alert level to phase 4. This is part of a 6-level scale and indicates that the likelihood of a pandemic has increased but not that a pandemic is inevitable. The next phase, 5,...
by News Staff | Apr 28, 2009 | Bureaucrat Beat
Businesses in Independence have the figures to prove it. They’ve lost at least 75% of their business since Caltrans’ contractor turned the town into what looks like a combat zone (not conducive to tourists stopping to buy gas and food). We found out that...
