by News Staff | Aug 3, 2010 | Past Posts
When school starts up this fall, high school students in Inyo, Mono, Kern, Tulare, Fresno, and San Bernardino counties will have the option to take classes online through the newly created Mount Whitney Virtual Academy. This charter school was authorized through the...
by News Staff | Aug 3, 2010 | Past Posts
Tuesday afternoon fire fighters were sent out to fight a fire burning in the Bishop area. Bishop Volunteers, Forest Service and CalFire all responded to the call for a vehicle fire on the Coyote Flat road. By 1:00 pm a plume of dark smoke from the burning vehicle was...
by News Staff | Aug 3, 2010 | Past Posts
Like paved bike paths? Check out the virtually complete, new bike path along Lake Mary Road into the Lakes Basin in Mammoth. Cleland Hoff pointed her camera out the window at the smooth path and the great views along the way. Mammoth Public Works Director Ray Jarvis...
by News Staff | Aug 3, 2010 | Bureaucrat Beat
For those who have wondered, we in the Bureaucrat Beat Newsroom spend our days in support of the First Amendment and right to free speech. We do not, however, favor the release of military documents that may lead to killing. So far, the WikiLeaks releases, according...
by News Staff | Aug 3, 2010 | Past Posts
Two search and rescue efforts ended well for the victims involved over the week-end in the Mt. Whitney area. Another search above North Lake continued at last word. Search and Rescue Coordinator Officer Terry Waterbury said that Saturday in the Mt. Whitney area a boy...