by News Staff | Jul 23, 2009 | Past Posts
Mammoth’s Bear Program, fraught with controversies over the years, has run into one more snag. Forest Service personnel have problems with Steve Searles’ work on Forest land. One Forest Law Enforcement Officer said that if her fellow officer had seen...
by News Staff | Jul 22, 2009 | Past Posts
Because of the mountainous and winding terrain in the Bishop Creek drainage, damage from the Forks Fire is not always obvious, but a trip up into the area behind the Buttermilks reveals scorched earth and moon-scape scenes. At last word, the fire was nearly contained...
by News Staff | Jul 22, 2009 | Past Posts
While state officials look for ways to steal county and city tax dollars to fill in the huge State deficit, local officials worry over the impacts. Legislators were supposed to vote on a State budget today.In the Town of Mammoth Lakes, officials confirmed a...
by News Staff | Jul 22, 2009 | Past Posts
The Forks Fire burning in the Buttermilk Country west of Bishop, led fire fighters to close highway 168 into the Bishop Creek Drainage. With the fire and the closed roads, the campgrounds, lodges and local businesses were shut down as well. That has changed.Fighter...
by News Staff | Jul 22, 2009 | Past Posts
Mono County has been singled out as having the highest increase in auto theft in California. According to the California Highway Patrol office in Sacramento, auto theft statewide was down 12.2% in 2008. A press release from the state office shows that auto theft may...