Mammoth Schools Suffer $800,000 Budget Hit

News at Mammoth Unified School District was not as cheery as it was a little over three months ago when Superintendent Dr. Frank Romero and MUSD Business Manager Jim Maxey announced they had been able to cover a looming $300,000 deficit in the school district’s...

Schools Reinstate Teachers, Brace for More Cuts

School districts in the Eastern Sierra now brace for more bad financial news as state government officials struggle toward a budget.In Mammoth Lakes, Superintendent Frank Romero said that in Sacramento the Budget Conference Committee now has a proposal for Basic Aid...

More Construction in Bishop

Caltrans is currently at work on roughly $70 million dollars in road improvement projects in the Eastern Sierra, but this is the season for laying pavement and there are other projects that complicate our ability to get around the region. In the City of Bishop, taking...

First H1N1 Flu Case Confirmed in Eastern Sierra

Even as the World Health Organization declared a swine flu pandemic today, Inyo-Mono Public Health Officer Dr. Rick Johnson announced the first confirmed H1N1 flu case in the Eastern Sierra.Dr. Johnson said that the Mono County Health Department was notified by the...

TOT Compliance Higher Than Believed

In a follow-up to concerns that were voiced to the Mammoth Lakes Town Council in March, Finance Director Brad Koehn researched Transient Occupancy Tax Compliance and Enforcement and presented an update at the Councils recent meeting.Several local lodging companies in...