by News Staff | Jul 21, 2009 | Past Posts
Officials with the City of Bishop report that the Grove Street Sidewalks project will start at new locations this week. Monday, the Beebe Corporation, the contractor on the $1 million project, plans to start concrete and sewer work at the intersection of Main and...
by News Staff | Jul 21, 2009 | Past Posts
Take one big fire and add humidity and manpower. For the Forest Service attack on the Forks Fire in the Bishop Creek drainage, extra moisture and fire fighters seemed to turn the tide. John Louth of the Forest Service said that the fire stopped in its tracks and were...
by News Staff | Jul 20, 2009 | Past Posts
For the weather watchers out there, Sierra Waves Forecaster Dennis Mattinson reports that the monsoon has arrived. While precipitation that marked a wet month of June came off the Pacific Ocean, like during the winter, the thunderstorms of past days have come from the...
by News Staff | Jul 20, 2009 | Past Posts
To be art, or not to be art, that was the question at the July 15 Town Council meeting. According to the Town’s public art ordinance, a developer must either pay an in lieu public art fee, or place a piece of art on the property where the public can see...
by News Staff | Jul 20, 2009 | Past Posts
Locals have long called the stretch of Highway 395 between Independence and Poverty Hills “Death Alley.” The two-lane section invited countless accidents, many serious head-on collisions. Finally, Caltrans and its contractor have completed four-laning the...
by News Staff | Jul 19, 2009 | Past Posts
The week-end brought at least 26 fires to the Sierra between Mono Basin and Mt. Whitney. The largest – in the Bishop Creek drainage in the upper foothills of the Sierra, called the Fork Fire. At last word, that blaze was 20% contained. Increased humidity helped...
