By Deb Murphy The Bishop City Council will be taking on the elusive, frustrating topic of downtown parking in search of what is admittedly impossible: a solution that makes everybody happy. City Administrator Jim Tatum suggested, and the Council agreed at last Monday’s meeting, a workshop to tackle that solution. “We need a fluid approach,” he […]
By Deb Murphy Student athletes at Bishop High School will face a new drug, alcohol and tobacco policy this fall as part of the school’s Athletic Code of Conduct, one that Principal Randy Cook said represents a change of philosophy, combining education with accountability. The changes are significant, requiring an athlete to adhere to state […]
By Deb Murphy From mid-June to July 10, a procession of telescopes and their California Highway Patrol escorts will crawl down State Route 168 from Cedar Flat to the Owens Valley Radio Observatory, Big Ears, on the valley floor just north of Big Pine, stopping traffic for up to two hours initially, but now CalTrans […]
By Deb Murphy Staff from U.S. Fish and Wildlife regional offices were on hand at the Inyo County Board of Supervisors June 16 meeting, providing an update on future and current endangered species listings. The entourage came in response to the Supervisors request to open a dialogue on proposed critical habitat for the yellow-legged frog […]
Diane Louise Markham, age 65, passed away on May 26, 2015 from her long battle with cancer at Southern Inyo Hospital with family at her side. A resident of Lone Pine California for 18 years, Diane was born in Southern California, on June 19, 1949. Diane was raised in Chatsworth, CA until 1960 when her […]
– Press release Amateur Radio “Field Day” June 27 – 28 Demonstrates Science, Skill, and Service Members of the Bishop Amateur Radio Club will be participating in the national Amateur Radio Field Day exercise, June 27 – 28 in the Alabama Hills just west of Lone Pine. Since 1933, ham radio operators across North America […]
– Press release from Mono County Sheriff’s Office On Wednesday, June 24th, 2015, at approximately 5:00 pm, the Mono County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Center received a call from a resident of June Lake regarding a suspicious letter that was received. A resident of the community of June Lake received a suspicious letter containing a white […]
– Press release from CHP On June 23rd at approximately 12:30pm Steven Anderson was traveling southbound on SR-127 south of SR-178 at 50 MPH. Deputy J. Seaton was traveling northbound on SR-127 south of SR-178 W. at 55 MPH. Anderson allowed the vehicle to cross double yellow lines into the northbound lane in a sweeping […]
– Press release Eastern Sierra Certified Farmers’ Market is celebrating its 21st year! There are two Eastern Sierra Certified Farmers’ Market locations – Bishop Farmers’ Market is open Saturday mornings from June 20 through October –9:00 a.m. to noon and is located westerly of Hwy 395 on Church Street, directly behind City Hall. Mammoth Lakes […]
By Deb Murphy This story started with the Big Pine Civic Club, years ago. Walt Sharer, Earl Wilson and Bob Steele envisioned a path that led from the north edge of Big Pine, where sidewalks end, on the east side of U.S. Highway 395 to State Route 168, the site of the Roosevelt Pine and […]
– Press releases from Mono County Health Department Those of you in Mono County from the communities of Walker and north have undoubtedly seen the smoke from the Washington Fire burning in Alpine County. Although most of the smoke is blowing over us and into Nevada, as the wind has died down during the night, […]
George Robert Macklin, 86; born August 25, 1928 in Ukiah, CA passed away peacefully on June 20, 2015 at Northern Inyo Hospital. Bob moved from Duarte, CA in the summer of 1968 to Bishop where he lived until 1988 and then moved to Gardnerville, NV, and then back to Bishop in May of 2011 to […]
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