by News Staff | Jan 3, 2018 | General Misc. Stories, Law Enforcement
Bishop Police Department News Release Last March, BPD was contacted by a local resident who accused a former Bishop resident, Leandra Wright, of embezzlement. The investigation revealed unauthorized use of funds on a number of different accounts, which Wright managed,...
by News Staff | Jan 3, 2018 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy Inyo’s Board of Supervisors incorporated one Planning Commission recommendation into the County’s cannabis ordinance—keeping with the timeline to get the regs on the books by early February. That change would allow non-volatile manufacturing in...
by News Staff | Jan 3, 2018 | Fire, General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
Press release In a joint statement issued by City Administrator Jim Tatum and Rural Fire Commission Chairman Mike Holland, they said “we are pleased to announce that Pat O’Neil has accepted the appointment as Acting Fire Chief to lead our great fire department pending...
by News Staff | Jan 3, 2018 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities, Law Enforcement
Inyo County DA News Release On December 22, 2017, Bishop resident Karl Chang was sentenced to serve 364 days in the Inyo County Jail as a term and condition of four years of formal felony probation following his admission of two counts of sexual battery by fraud....
by News Staff | Jan 3, 2018 | General Misc. Stories
DWP Press release OWENS VALLEY, CA— Los Angeles Department of Water and Power water managers have elected to call off testing of well W385R due to the alarming lack of snowpack and possibility that the eastern Sierra may be slipping back into drought conditions. ...