Unemployment Drops in the Eastern Sierra

Unemployment in the Eastern Sierra continues to hover near one in ten people in search of work, according to the State Employment Development Department. With the Nation as a whole running at about the same rate of one in ten people out of a job, the latest numbers...

Interim Superintendent Moves Things Forward

Rich McAteer, back on the job as Interim Superintendent of Mammoth Schools, recently met with the School Board members who want McAteer to focus on finding a new superintendent and other district projects. Mammoth Interim School Superintendent Rich McAteer McAteer...

Fruitcakes Return to Independence

Residents of Independence brace for the fifth annual Fruitcake Festival scheduled for this Saturday. Fans of the much maligned fruitcake are welcome to join others who appreciated the booze soaked baked goods at the Legion Hall for this event that can fairly be...

Storms Wind Down

As this series of winter storms winds down, multiple feet of new snow now covers the Sierra, and inches of new snow in the Owens Valley continued to cause problems on the highways and roads. All week long, the weather slowed drivers on the highways, shut down 395...

Op-Ed: A Perspective on Leadership

Part 1: Leader or Authority Figure?Leadership is all about responsibility, clarity of purpose and decisiveness. Certainly ethics and common sense play a major role as well. The pathway that a leader follows throughout his or her lifetime is lengthy, with many pitfalls...

Storms Promise Good Skiing At Mammoth Mountain

With multiple feet of fresh snow already on the ground and more on the way, conditions at the ski resorts promise to be good this weekend. With weather warnings so far in advance, the midweek has been pretty quiet, but Joani Lynch with Mammoth Mountain reports a very...