Reward Offered in Pipe Bomb Case

As tribal officials weigh in on the recent pipe bomb explosion on the Bishop Paiute Reservation, Inyo Sheriff Bill Lutze has authorized a reward for information in a case that may have been related to a recent homicide investigation. The pipe bomb, heard by many, went...

Medicare Cut Hurts Local Ambulance Service

A change in Medicare funding is expected to lead to reduced ambulance service in the Owens Valley. At the Inyo Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, Judd Symons of Symons Ambulance explained that the federal government had reduced the rates that Medicare pays for ambulance...

Utility Tax Goes on the Mammoth Ballot

Now, Mammoth voters have complete control over whether they continue to pay a utility tax past June, 2011. The Mammoth Town Council placed a continued utility tax on the June 8th ballot. The current 2.5% tax on electricity, propane and phones will come to an end June...

Controlled Burn Generates Smoke

A controlled burn by LADWP did send quite a bit of smoke south through Lone Pine. Russ Monroe sent along the photos of what happened with the smoke. Photos by Russ Monroe Smoke extended from the Alabama Gates, the site of the controlled burn, down to the Owens Dry...