by News Staff | Oct 20, 2009 | Past Posts
The wet and wild storm that blew through the Eastern Sierra last week, unexpectedly opened the ski area for a few days, but also ended up stranding two backpackers in the local mountains. Mono Sheriff Officials report that the Search and Rescue Team was called out on...
by News Staff | Oct 20, 2009 | Past Posts
The Mono County Grand Jury investigated the Mammoth Police Department, the Wildlife issue and other government functions. Now, the Town Council will respond to Jury recommendations – from police department behavior to the wildlife officer contract. A letter from...
by News Staff | Oct 20, 2009 | Past Posts
It all started with a cigarette tossed out of a car window in Bishop. Inyo Narcotics Agents saw the lighted smoke and stopped the Chevy Suburban on Main St, but as agents walked up to the car it sped away and so a chase from Bishop to Benton to Mammoth began.The...
by News Staff | Oct 19, 2009 | Past Posts
Sequoia Kings Canyon National Park staff has started the environmental process on a plan that could lead to the removal of trout from some high mountain lakes in the park. When it comes to trout in high Sierra lakes, conflicts between recreation and the preservation...
by News Staff | Oct 19, 2009 | Past Posts
Two weeks after Southern Inyo residents were rocked out of bed by a sizeable earthquake it appears that the cluster of quakes has started to die down. This sequence of earthquakes, called the Coso Swarm by some, has included numerous small shakers along with two...
