by News Staff | Jul 20, 2009 | Past Posts
To be art, or not to be art, that was the question at the July 15 Town Council meeting. According to the Town’s public art ordinance, a developer must either pay an in lieu public art fee, or place a piece of art on the property where the public can see...
by News Staff | Jul 20, 2009 | Past Posts
Locals have long called the stretch of Highway 395 between Independence and Poverty Hills “Death Alley.” The two-lane section invited countless accidents, many serious head-on collisions. Finally, Caltrans and its contractor have completed four-laning the...
by News Staff | Jul 19, 2009 | Past Posts
The week-end brought at least 26 fires to the Sierra between Mono Basin and Mt. Whitney. The largest – in the Bishop Creek drainage in the upper foothills of the Sierra, called the Fork Fire. At last word, that blaze was 20% contained. Increased humidity helped...
by News Staff | Jul 17, 2009 | Past Posts
In May, the Federal Court in Fresno postponed the sentencing of Bishop resident JoAnn Barba who has pleaded guilty to embezzlement. Barba was scheduled to be sentenced on Friday July 17, 2009, but that date has been postponed for a third time. In February, the former...
by News Staff | Jul 17, 2009 | Bureaucrat Beat
For those who think that the relationship between Inyo and LA has morphed into palsy-walsy, sit down, take a deep breath and say, “I promise to go back to reality.”In spite of the fact that some Inyo officials gave DWP Manager David Nahai a big hug at a...
