Their attorney told them a bad contract started the whole problem in 1997, the Bankruptcy mediator said the Town now has a good deal to resolve its debt and Mammoth officials talked about deep cuts in the police department and other Town departments and closure of Whitmore Pool to come up with the money for […]
Inyo and Mono Public Health Departments have scheduled flu clinics to administer flu shots: Inyo County Health & Human Services Public Health 2012 Flu Clinic Schedule Inyo County Health Clinic 207A West South Street Bishop, CA 873-7868 Monday, 10/1 Monday, 10/8 9am – noon 9am – noon Inyo County Health Clinic 155 E. Market Street […]
Family, friends and community members continue to mourn the loss of two young people over the weekend. The cause of their death remains a mystery. Sheriff Bill Lutze did confirm that autopsies were performed Wednesday with results pending. He said no new clues about the cause of the deaths has surfaced. It was on Sunday […]
Some who attended Wednesday’s Standing Committee meeting of Inyo and Los Angeles officials concluded that the two parties really have very little agreement on water, groundwater pumping and the environment. After nearly five hours of meeting and talking, news emerged that the Standing Committee did not agree to reduce the water supply to McNally Ponds […]
Mono County Administrator Jim Arkens’ house warming party on Friday has left at least one constituent with the angry chills. Paul Betlach sent a letter to local media to accuse Arkens of a misuse of county funds to invite and carry out his personal house warming event. Administrator Arkens said, with some frustration, that the […]
Dear Editor, Regarding the two little orphan bears in Mammoth Lakes. We the people have given the responsibility to Fish and Game to take care of our animals. It seems all they want to do is play a power game with other agencies and not protect orphans and other animals in need. It is easier […]
PETS of the WEEK – September 26, 2012 JASMINE is a beautiful and ultra-feminine white and tabby female. She has the biggest green eyes you ever saw and is very affectionate. Jasmine is a petite flower of a putty-tat in search of a loving home. J.J. reminds me of the super cool Yellow Lab in the […]
As Inyo and Mono officials wrangle with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power grasping at the water here, they found a Los Angeles Times story interesting this week. It suggests that while DWP may not want to spend more money to buy water, the utility is spending plenty on salaries. The LA Times […]
At the end of August the California Legislature passed Senate Bill 1148. Governor Brown has now signed that bill which trout hatchery supporters say will hurt the planted trout programs and boost wild trout issues. According to former Mono County State Senator Dave Cogdill, the Governor signed the bill and line item vetoed the $1 […]
Celebrate Harvest Heritage Day at the Museum Crisp mornings and shorter days mean fall is in the air and, with luck plenty of produce that grew green in local gardens is in the cupboard. One fun way to share the your agricultural bounty is to bring both odd and edible produce, plus anything you […]
One of our website readers said while hiking up the Kearsarge Pass trail he noted that nearly every Red Fir and White Fir had entire limbs of dead needles, the characteristic red color of bark-beetle infestation. Does the Eastern Sierra now have a bark beetle problem? We checked with the Forest Service. Their response was […]
FIREWOOD AVAILABLE (Press Release) – One Weekend Only in Mammoth Lakes Basin – BISHOP, Calif., Sept. 20, 2012 – The Inyo National Forest is announcing a special opportunity for personal use fuelwood collection in the Mammoth Lakes Basin on the weekend of September 28-30. The area will open for fuelwood collection at 8:00 a.m. on […]
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