by News Staff | Jun 12, 2009 | Past Posts
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 June 12, 2009, but that date has been postponed again. In February, the former bank...
by News Staff | Jun 12, 2009 | Past Posts
Top on the talk agenda in the Town of Mammoth Lakes the police department and allegations of unethical and even criminal behaviors. As the man who sets the tone for his department, Police Chief Randy Schienle has taken repeated criticism for his lack of support for...
by News Staff | Jun 12, 2009 | Past Posts
News at Mammoth Unified School District was not as cheery as it was a little over three months ago when Superintendent Dr. Frank Romero and MUSD Business Manager Jim Maxey announced they had been able to cover a looming $300,000 deficit in the school district’s...
by News Staff | Jun 11, 2009 | Past Posts
School districts in the Eastern Sierra now brace for more bad financial news as state government officials struggle toward a budget.In Mammoth Lakes, Superintendent Frank Romero said that in Sacramento the Budget Conference Committee now has a proposal for Basic Aid...
by News Staff | Jun 11, 2009 | Past Posts
Caltrans is currently at work on roughly $70 million dollars in road improvement projects in the Eastern Sierra, but this is the season for laying pavement and there are other projects that complicate our ability to get around the region. In the City of Bishop, taking...
by News Staff | Jun 11, 2009 | Past Posts
Even as the World Health Organization declared a swine flu pandemic today, Inyo-Mono Public Health Officer Dr. Rick Johnson announced the first confirmed H1N1 flu case in the Eastern Sierra.Dr. Johnson said that the Mono County Health Department was notified by the...
