ESUSD Superintendent Don Clark As financial woes continue to rock the Eastern Sierra Unified School District, Catherine Hiatt, the Mono County Superintendent of Schools, contacted the media to say that she finds the attitude of Eastern Sierra School Superintendent Don Clark toward the public appalling. Mono County Superintendent of Schools, Catherine Hiatt Twice a year, […]
On a cold and windy day, firefighters in the Bishop area were called out to a brush fire burning north of the Bishop Airport. Just after 2:00 pm Wednesday afternoon, Bishop Volunteers, Forest Service, and Calfire crews responded to the fire that sent up a sizeable smoke column. The fire burned through grass and brush […]
Justin Drew is just a freshman at Big Pine High, but he’s already getting some hard knocks – and respect – on the varsity level. Drew was hit by a pitch and suffered a broken nose and concussion during the Warriors’ 10-7 loss to Lone Pine last Friday in non-league action. Storylines abound from this […]
In the main courtroom at the Courthouse in Independence Thursday morning, 17-year-old Edward Keller, Jr. of Bishop will appear for a preliminary hearing. He faces one count of murder. It was during the Thanksgiving Holiday last year that deputies responded to a report of a disturbance at a home on Barlow Lane. Officers said they […]
The troubled Eastern Sierra Unified School District appears to have received some good news amidst a grim economic outlook. The district faces a $1.9 million budget shortfall this year that will lead to teacher layoffs, cuts, and possibly the closure of schools. The cause of the budget shortfall this year can roughly be split down […]
Stakeholders are set to meet Wednesday to discuss issues related to the soon to be created Destination Marketing Organization for Mammoth Lakes. The Town is currently in the process of turning the Tourism portion of the Tourism and Recreation Department over to a non-profit Destination Marketing Organization. The recreation portion is set to remain with […]
All photos by Ross Monroe High winds turned the Owens Dry Lake ugly Tuesday. Russ Monroe captured the dramatic dust storm which prompted a Stage 1 Health Adviswory for Lone Pine. The advisory goes like this: ‘Due to elevated particulate pollution levels, children, the elderly, people with heart or lung problems, or people with current […]
It looked like a major operation, three Sheriff’s patrol cars and two from Bishop Police. Bottom line – a parking issue in Bishop. Sheriff’s Sergeant Paul Baldwin said that the Department noticed cars starting to accumulate on Highway 6 north of Wye Rd. Many of them included For Sale signs. One of the vehicles belonged […]
What really happened to move the major new court facility from Independence to Bishop? We spoke with Judge Dean Stout who said that at a certain point a representative of the Administrative Office of the Courts pointed to Bishop as a likely site mostly because there was no real estate available for a smaller project […]
Are you as sick of political polarities as we are in the Bureaucrat Beat Newsroom? Focus should go onto what’s good for people not on what makes big shots out of Republicans or Democrats. An email that now circulate around the internet calls for a 28th Amendment to the Constitution. Here’s how it reads: “Congress […]
Bishop Police have confirmed that a Benton man remains a person of interest in Bishop’s Chase Bank Robbery. Police Lieutenant Chris Carter said that Steven Wiswell of Benton has been listed as a missing person since March 22nd. The robbery of Chase Bank took place the previous Wednesday. Lt. Carter said that Wiswell is a […]
Unemployment in the Eastern Sierra continues to run lower than state and national averages. While Inyo runs in the middle of the pack with about one in ten people out of a job and looking for work, Mono County now has the lowest unemployment rate in California. The latest numbers for February show that the […]
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