by News Staff | Apr 11, 2011 | Past Posts
Major media say that conflict in the middle east and a rise in demand have caused gas prices to sky rocket. Other sources very close to the situation say that’s not the truth at all. They point the finger at oil traders and what amounts to betting for and...
by News Staff | Apr 11, 2011 | Past Posts
For bears, spring amounts to a wake-up call. In Mammoth Lakes the alarm has sounded and the bears have gone to work to get food. Mammoth police issued a reminder that the bears are back and people need to follow the rules. The Town’s Wildlife Specialist Steve...
by News Staff | Apr 11, 2011 | Past Posts
The Eastern Sierra does love its animals. The annual ICARE fundraiser dinner at the Tri County Fairgrounds drew some 700 people on Saturday. Tickets, auctions and raffles brought in $30,000 to Inyo County Animal Resources & Education. Whiskey Creek catered the...
by News Staff | Apr 9, 2011 | Past Posts
At the last minute Congress approved a stop gap budget measure to keep the federal government in business. On Friday in the Eastern Sierra, federal employees got ready to close down operations and go out on furlough. Nancy Upham, Public Information Officer for the...
by News Staff | Apr 9, 2011 | Past Posts
Human remains originally found by a Carson City deputy and Riverside searcher have been positively identified by the Inyo Law enforcement joined free lance searchers in Death Valley. County Coroner as Norman Cox of Carson City. Mr. Cox had sent a letter to his family...
by News Staff | Apr 9, 2011 | Past Posts
Officer Art Torres and wife Vicky receive award in Sacramento. For the second year in a row, Mothers Against Drunk Drivers selected Mammoth Police Officer Art Torres to receive the award as Mammoth Lakes Police Department’s top DUI enforcer. Officer Torres and...