by News Staff | Aug 5, 2010 | Past Posts
With future plans to double their power generation at the Mammoth Geothermal Plant, Ormat Technologies confirmed this week that they had acquired the interest of its partner in the Mammoth operations for $72.5 million. Ormat had equally shared interest with...
by News Staff | Aug 5, 2010 | Past Posts
A 21-year-old Santa Barbara man, missing in the mountains above North Lake, walked out in good condition even as search and rescue teams scoured the area to find him. Piute Pass area Inyo Sheriff Lt. Keith Hardcastle said that Inyo assisted Fresno County in the search...
by News Staff | Aug 4, 2010 | Past Posts
Mono Narcotic Officers have arrested two June Lake residents for alleged sales of narcotics. Mono Sheriff Officials report that 21-year-old Robert Mitchell and 19-year-old Amanda Sharp were arrested for possession of a controlled substance for sale and for maintaining...
by News Staff | Aug 4, 2010 | Past Posts
Smoke from large wildfires has died down for the time being, but there are plenty of small fires that may add a touch of haze to the Eastern Sierra sky in coming days. The Bull Fire near Kernville grew to over 16,000 acres in size, sending smoke our way, but fire...
by News Staff | Aug 3, 2010 | Past Posts
Mammoth Police Chief Dan Watson Mammoth’s Interim Police Chief sat down with the Town Council last week to hear what they want him to do. Town Manager Rob Clark said council members gave Chief Dan Watson issues to evaluate. Clark said the Council wants Chief...