After residents had the opportunity to explain why the Bishop Airport should be changed to the Bishop-Dave McCoy Airport at Monday’s Bishop City Council meeting, one thing is crystal clear. McCoy gave a lot of himself to the Eastern Sierra, above and beyond Mammoth Mountain. Led by Randy Short, nearly a dozen Bishop residents […]
Bishop Airport Name: The request to name the Bishop Airport after Mammoth icon Dave McCoy was sent to Mono County, Bishop and Mammoth councils for input. Mono was the first to not really weigh in. The consensus of the Mono Supervisors was that adding McCoy’s name was a good idea and appropriate, but it […]
“That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” The famous quote from William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet seems to put more emphasis on the essence of the rose than its name. That wasn’t the case at last week’s Inyo County Board of Supervisors meeting discussion on an appropriate name for […]
Last December, the first United Express began air service to the Bishop Airport. This past week, John Urdi, executive director of Mammoth Tourism, and Ashley Helms, Inyo Public Works deputy director, had the opportunity to report a nearly flawless six months of service. With this successful ski-season flight schedule, Urdi is exploring new markets. […]
Commercial air service from the Eastern Sierra Regional Airport in Bishop, which wound down this month, will take off again on a limited schedule for the summer beginning June 4, Mammoth Lakes Tourism and Mammoth Mountain announced Monday. The entities note that this is the first time summer air travel has been offered to California’s […]
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