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Update: Missing 76-year-old Man in Saline Valley | Tulare Sheriff Office Sends Help
Update: More Information on Still Missing Person in Saline Valley/Warm Springs; Tulare County SAR Joins Search [Seventy-six-year-old Robert “Bob” Alan Wildoner of Apple Valley, Calif. has been reported missing since May 7th.–SWM News] UPDATE: 5/12/21 from the Inyo County Sheriff’s Office— Yesterday searching continued for Robert Wildoner. Search teams from yesterday included 15 members from: […]

Congratulations to this year’s 2020 Poppy Awards Winners!
Eastern Sierra Wins Big at Visit California Poppy Awards ** This is an update by Lara Kaylor Director of Communications Mammoth Lakes Tourism** Area agencies collectively take home three awards Eastern Sierra, Calif. (February 24, 2020) — Earlier this month, the Eastern Sierra triumphed at Visit California’s biennial Poppy Awards contest. This competition honors the best […]

Alabama Hills National Scenic Area becomes law
Alabama Hills Stewardship Group press release Lone Pine, CA (March 12, 2019) – The Alabama Hills Stewardship Group, along with dozens of area stakeholders and the community of Lone Pine are celebrating the passage of a congressional measure that will create the first ever “Alabama Hills National Scenic Area”! “All these years of community input […]

Coleville/Walker KOA wins top awards
Press release Coleville/Walker KOA wins KOA Top Awards Four years running, this KOA has won both KOA President’s and KOA Founder’s Awards Coleville, CA: For four years running, the Coleville/Walker KOA (aka Meadowcliff) is the award recipient of the KOA President’s and Founder’s awards. “It is through hard work, dedication and passion that create amazing […]

Bishop Rotary Clubs keep on giving
Press release October 21st, Rotary Clubs of Bishop presented a “big check” in the amount of $9000.00 to Pastor Matt McPhee to help purchase a new commercial range with burners, griddle and 2 ovens for The Bishop First United Methodist Church. A separate legal check was given to the Pastor! Rotarian Ed Morse has been helping […]

Mono Assistant DA offers legal clarification on medical marijuana issue
While California Attorney General Kamala Harris works privately on her own medical marijuana guidelines, local police and prosecutors say they are trying to do the right thing. A recent case raised the question, is concentrated cannabis, sometimes called hashish, legal under the medical marijuana laws. Mono Assistant District Attorney Tim Kendall has responded. Kendall said […]

Images of the Week: Four O’Clocks and wasp at Poverty Hills
Four o’clocks bloom in the Poverty Hills area of Inyo County. Photographer Andrew Kirk captured the early afternoon beauty and the wasp at work to eat.

AT&T to close and move Bishop store
As if AT&T were not irritating enough for the Eastern Sierra community in its transition from Alltell, the big wireless AT&T placed their Mammoth store under a contractor several months ago. corporation has now decided to shut down the service office in Bishop and re-open under an independent contractor as they did in Mammoth […]

Late snow causes bear problems in Mammoth Lakes
Human residents of Mammoth Lakes aren’t the only ones sick of snow. Mammoth Wildlife Specialist Steve Searles told the Town Council Wednesday night that with the amazing amount of snow this spring, the black bears who woke up from hibernation have a major problem finding enough to eat. Searles explained that when bears first wake […]

Mayor, town manager explain MLLA comment
Mammoth’s Town Manager made an interesting and somewhat mysterious statement during budget talks at last week’s Town Council meeting. She told the audience and Council that someone from Mammoth Lakes Land Acquisition, to whom the $40 million lawsuit judgments owed, had asked her to make a statement. She said only, “They are concerned about baseline […]

Executive board members make it clear that Mule Days is a go
Even before news of a deadly horse virus, the Bishop Mule Days Executive Board faced a down year, impacted by the economy and gas prices. Last Monday they got the word that an equine virus had infected horses in western states. Board members faced the possibility that the State might shut down Mule Days. The […]
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