Sierra Wave Media

Eastern Sierra News for February 08, 2026

 

 

 

 

Scout Helps Rescue His Father After Car Accident

A 13-year-old Boy Scout hiked for help while his seriously injured father waited with their wrecked vehicle. Mono Sheriff Officials report that at about 7:35 Sunday evening, deputies responded to a report of an overturned vehicle on a remote dirt road in the...

Bishop Woman Identified as Accident Victim

Highway Patrol officials have released the name of the woman who died in an un-witnessed car accident near Bishop. 66-year-old Bishop resident Doris Smither was the victim of the single vehicle rollover on Fish Slough Road. Details on what happened remain sketchy. The...

One More Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

Photos by Russ Monroe Once again, a startlingly beautiful day in Russ Monroe’s neighborhood. He sent along pictures Tuesday morning of a doe and her two twins viewed from Granite Drive in the Alabama Hills above Lone Pine.

Laguna Nigel Man and Friends Make it to Mt. Whitney

During last Thursday’s mudslide, Jeff Bradshaw from Laguna Nigel called the Sierra Wave. He graciously emailed us video of the sliding mud and the big rig. That tape was the first image we had of the disaster. Bradshaw and his friends were trying to figure out...

Town Manager Will Issue Memo on Possible Layoffs

As the Mammoth Town Council gets ready to vote on the new town government budget, Town Manager Rob Clark and Finance Director Brad Koehn issued an analysis of the situation and news that the deficit has dropped from more than $1.5 million down to roughly $717,000....