by News Staff | Jul 12, 2010 | Past Posts
With a new Town Council elected in part to take on the Mammoth Town budget, the troubled ice rink has come to the front burner. The Town owned ice rink next to the new library has had trouble staying open at times during the winter due to old chilling equipment and a...
by News Staff | Jul 12, 2010 | Past Posts
Like a black cloud, the potential $30 million court ruling against the Town of Mammoth Lakes has loomed in the distance since the 2008 Hot Creek trial.Its been over two years since the court found the Town of Mammoth Lakes broke an agreement with Hot Creek Aviation...
by News Staff | Jul 12, 2010 | Past Posts
In a fiddling while Rome burns scenario, California officials argue, file lawsuits and call names with no balanced budget in sight. Eastern Sierra business owners and state workers watch Sacramento nervously, awaiting the economic impacts. Governor Arnold...
by News Staff | Jul 12, 2010 | Past Posts
Health officials have confirmed a second case of Hantavirus in the Eastern Sierra this summer. The first case turned up in Mammoth Lakes. Now, the second case has surfaced in Inyo County. Public Health Officer Dr. Rick Johnson advises rodent control for Hantavirus...
by News Staff | Jul 10, 2010 | Past Posts
In stark contrast to where the wildlife management program stood two years ago, support for Wildlife Manager Steve Searles is so strong that Searles had to turn down multiple offers for work trucks. At the Mammoth Town Council meeting Wednesday night, the town council...
by News Staff | Jul 10, 2010 | Past Posts
Just when you thought the issue had died down, the Bishop Chicken Controversy went big time. In recent weeks, an LA Times reporter had contacted a number of people in the Bishop area about the chicken controversy that came to the surface at a Bishop City Council...