Sierra Wave Media

Eastern Sierra News for December 31, 2025

 

 

 

 

Bishop Tribe Faces Alcohol/ Drug Problems

With two murder cases in fewer than six months on the Bishop Indian reservation, tribal members and officials have expressed concerns. Tribal Chairman Bill Vega has now written a letter to members and scheduled a community meeting. Scene of Thanksgiving Murder on...

Westways Visits Mammoth Lakes

The January/February issue of Westways Magazine finds Mammoth Lakes a good vacation destination. The writer focuses on benefits to families.The article describes Mammoth as a “quick getaway” and a “good way to bring the family back together...

First-Time Homebuyers Program For Mono and Bishop

As home foreclosures go on and the hope of home ownership slips away, the Eastern Sierra received over a million dollars between Mammoth and Bishop to help first-time homebuyers.Mammoth Housing, Inc. announced that Mono Couny won a 2009 HOME grant of $800,000. Mammoth...

Inyo-Mono Officials Talk Regional Approach to Quagga

In the new year, Inyo-Mono officials will apparently face up to the threat of the aquatic pest known as quagga mussel. Fear of that pest caused DWP to severely limit use of Klondike Lake and in recent weeks, officials from many agencies sat down to talk about the...