by News Staff | Sep 23, 2013 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Since the end of August when word leaked out that the Town Council might dismiss their manager, residents of Mammoth have pointed fingers at what some see as a dysfunctional and secretive Council. Mayor Rick Wood spoke to that when the Council met last week....
by News Staff | Sep 23, 2013 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Angry citizens called Sierra Wave Monday morning to report that more than a dozen Fish and Wildlife employees and just as many trucks were holding a checkpoint stop south of Bishop. The workers were checking for violations of Fish and Game code. The checkpoint was...
by News Staff | Sep 22, 2013 | Government Agencies/Utilities
As the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service moves forward with plans to designate what they call critical habitat for frogs and toads in the Eastern Sierra high country, down below citizens fear that the bureaucratic plan will halt trout plants in some lakes and hurt...
by News Staff | Sep 22, 2013 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Inyo County Clerk Kammi Foote conducted the first two civil wedding ceremonies in the County Clerk’s office recently. One of the same-sex couples was Belinda Maria Crnich and Charity Ann Winsor. The women told Clerk Foote that they came to Independence to get married...
by News Staff | Sep 22, 2013 | Government Agencies/Utilities
(From Eastern California Museum Director, Jon Klusmire) Web page tracks Arrival of Fall Colors “Dude, autumn happens here, too.” With that statement, California and the Eastern Sierra stake their claim to having enough bountiful, bright fall foliage to compete with...