DWP Chief Seeks Delay in Dust Clean-up

Sometime in the 90’s, the courts, state regulation and the local Air Pollution Control District forced LADWP to clean up the toxic dust of the Owens Dry Lake, considered the worst pollution source of its kind in the Western Hemisphere. Now, with a few more...

Dog Sled Tradition Jeopardized

Mono County bureaucrats say they have concerns about the integrity of the old Sheriff’s Substation which Mono leased to Jim Ouimet, owner of Mammoth Dog Teams. Ouimet has lived in a world of uncertainty and fear that his life’s work would go down under the...

ESUSD Board Votes for Pink Slips, Takes Public Anger

The Eastern Sierra Unified School District Board met for a Special Meeting Friday night in Lee Vining to consider the issuance of 8 pink slips to teachers within the District. More than 200 students, teachers, parents and community members filled the Lee Vining...

Bishop Tribe Offers Reward in Pipe Bomb Case

The Bishop Paiute Tribe is offering a $1000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the pipe bomb that blew up a mailbox last week. On top of the Inyo Sheriffs reward, information is now worth $2000. On...