Sierra Wave Media

Eastern Sierra News for February 09, 2026

 

 

 

 

Bishop’s Fixed Bus Routes Will End September 10th

Many fixed and lower income citizens will no longer have the use of fixed bus routes in Bishop to go to the grocery, doctors’ office, bank and other services. Budget cuts at the Eastern Sierra Transit Authority will end fixed route bus service in the Bishop area...

Lake Tahoe Climber Dies

A Lake Tahoe man who traveled to the Mammoth Lakes area for a climb died in the mountains. Mono Search and Rescue team members retrieved his body. His death is under investigation. According to Mono Sheriff’s Deputy Pete DeGeorge, last week, the rescue team was...

Public Meetings on State Court Building Location

What have been called “informal” public meetings will unfold this week in Inyo County over the issue of where to locate a new, $30 million court building – Independence or Bishop? A public furor erupted in earlier months when Judge Brian Lamb...

MONET Seizes 70 Marijuana Plants

The first time Mono Narcotics agents served a search warrant on a home in Mammoth Lakes, the people there claimed they were raising marijuana for medical purposes. Officers asked for documentation. They never received it, and so the second search warrant went out...

Hantavirus Suspected in Mono County Death

A Bodie State Park seasonal worker went to Mammoth Hospital Thursday with what he thought was a bad case of influenza. He was flown out to Renown Hospital in Reno where he died. The name of the man has now been released. He was Richard Laird Johnson, known as Laird....