Barba Sentence Postponed Again

In May, the Federal Court in Fresno postponed the sentencing of Bishop resident JoAnn Barba who has pleaded guilty to embezzlement. Barba was scheduled to be sentenced on Friday July 17, 2009, but that date has been postponed for a third time. In February, the former...

Mammoth Bear’s Bad Behavior May Bring Her Down

“Things aren’t looking too good for blondie,” announced the Town’s Wildlife Management Specialist Steve Searles at the July 15 Town Council meeting.He was referring to a very active, originally strawberry blonde but slowly getting darker as she...

Forest Service Response Questioned

Did the Forest Service respond to the Whitney Portal fire Tuesday night? That question has prompted an array of answers in Lone Pine and in other towns. Nancy Upham, Public Information Officer for the Forest Service, offered some details.Upham said that word of the...

Three Days at Klondike Lake

The intense public effort to get more use out of Klondike Lake from DWP has paid off. LADWP announced that starting Friday, Klondike Lake will be available to motorized watercraft two additional days per week through the rest of the summer. DWP’s Manager Gene...

Local Volunteers Lead Injured Vets Up Sierra Peaks

What started as an offshoot of the successful partnership between the Wounded Warriors program and Disabled Sports Eastern Sierra, has grown in a new effort by Craig Knoche and other local volunteers who are working to help rehabilitate injured veterans of the Iraqi...

Mono Grand Jury Report Under Review

At a local Mammoth lunch gathering, Presiding Superior Court Judge Ed Forstenzer was quoted as saying that the currently submitted grand jury report was the most detailed report he had ever seen. Attendees at the lunch said that the Judge reported that he found only...

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