Sierra Wave Media

Eastern Sierra News for February 03, 2026

 

 

 

 

Mono Sheriff Seeks Funding For New Jail

Mono Sheriff Rick Scholl reports that he is working on finding state funding to build a new county jail. The Sheriff has not committed to a specific location.At the Annual Conference of the California State Sheriffs Association, Scholl reports that he had a one on one...

Legislators Move to Name Peak For Andrea Lawrence

Congressman Buck McKeon and Senator Barbara Boxer have introduced legislation to name a Mono County mountain peak after Andrea Meade Lawrence. The former Olympic skier spent much of her life working to protect the Eastern Sierra as a citizen and as a Mono County...