by News Staff | Mar 17, 2021 | General Misc. Stories, Mono County Sheriff's Office, News Releases
The National Sheriff’s Association recognized Mono County Sheriff Ingrid Braun for Women’s History Month. The people that work with the department wanted to make it know that they are honored to call her “our Sheriff.” When asked what advice she has for young women...
by Community Reports/Events | Mar 8, 2021 | California Highway Patrol, General Misc. Stories, News Releases, Press Release
Two women pedestrians were injured after being hit by a pikup truck early Saturday morning, March 6, 2021, in Bishop, according to a report by the Bishop Office California Highway Patrol. According to the accident report the major injury accident occurred at around...
by News Staff | Feb 25, 2021 | Mono County Sheriff's Office
FEB. 25,2021 UPDATE #2: The victim has been identified as Elizabeth Ann Copeland, age 58, from Benton, Calif. Sierra Wave was contacted by Catherine Johnson, an aunt of Ms. Copeland, asking for more information on her niece’s murder. She shared that she was so...
by Deb Murphy | Feb 15, 2021 | Bureau of Land Management (BLM), General Misc. Stories, Mono County Sheriff's Office, National Park Service, Nature, United States Forest Service
The Eastern Sierra was ill prepared for the waves of Southern Californians literally heading for the hills during last summer’s COVID-19 restrictions and fears. Despite the stay-at-home orders, they escaped to an area assumed to be germ-free and serene, found area...
by News Staff | Feb 5, 2021 | Bishop Police Department, General Misc. Stories, Law Enforcement, News Releases
This report came to Sierra Wave News courtesy of the Bishop Police Department on Wednesday, February 3, 2021. Apparently, some local residents from Bishop and Mammoth Lakes have decided that stealing vehicles in Los Angeles and then driving them back up here to where...
by Community Reports/Events | Feb 2, 2021 | California Highway Patrol, CalTrans, General Misc. Stories, Mono County Sheriff's Office, News Releases, Weather
As of 3:00 this afternoon, maintenance crews have fully reopened U.S. Highway 395. It took almost a full week to clear the highway after last week’s snowstorm. Besides lots of snow, there was the added danger of avalanches along U.S. Highway 395. According to...
