by News Staff | Nov 3, 2009 | Past Posts
A woman from Vermont died after a paragliding accident on Sunday. According to Mono County Sheriff Lt. Robert Weber, Mono Search and Rescue, Mono Sheriff Deputies, Symons Ambulance, and Chalfant Fire Fighters responded to Paiute Canyon, near Chalfant for a report of a...
by News Staff | Nov 2, 2009 | Past Posts
47 cats, seized by Inyo County Animal Control in July, now belong to the County and will go up for adoption.The cats belonged to Catherine Maffioli who faced charges of animal neglect after seizure of the cats from her van. Sources said that the cats lived in hot,...
by News Staff | Nov 2, 2009 | Past Posts
Before the old Blondie’s building in Mammoth fell to demolition, it served a very useful purpose – training firefighters.Cleland Hoff was there when Mammoth Volunteer firefighters set a controlled fire and approached the building as if it were for real....
by News Staff | Nov 2, 2009 | Past Posts
A search through wind and cold in the Mt. Whitney area for nearly a week ended when a search dog team found 73-year-old Kenneth Wade Brunette dead on the eastern slope of the mountain.Brunette, a resident of Hansville, Washington, had set out for the summit of Mt....
by News Staff | Nov 2, 2009 | Past Posts
Mammoths Meb Keflezighi won the New York Marathon on Sunday by 41 seconds. According to news reports, the 34-year-old Keflezighi gave the sign of the cross and performed a push-up after he ran through the finish line.Keflezighi, born in Ethiopia, became an American...
by News Staff | Oct 30, 2009 | Past Posts
A plan for a bike path that would connect Pine Street to the Bishop City Park has been tabled as the Bishop City Council chooses to explore other options for the path. At the meeting Monday, council members were asked to approve the environmental paperwork for the...
