by News Staff | Apr 28, 2009 | Past Posts
Tuesday was the fourth day of searching the snow covered peaks of the Eastern Sierra for two people from Colorado that went missing after their plane took off from Tonopah, NV, Friday. First Lt. Matthew Scherzi with the Civil Air Patrol reports that the plane, a...
by News Staff | Apr 28, 2009 | Past Posts
On Sunday, Inyo County Search and Rescue volunteers were called out for the sad task of recovering the body of a woman who had fallen on Mt. Whitney. Reports indicate that a man and his wife, Keum Kim, were climbing up the ice and rock chute known as the Mountaineers...
by News Staff | Apr 28, 2009 | Past Posts
In spite of a fairly healthy runoff prediction for Mammoth Lakes, Water District staff will look at the whole picture and then make a recommendation on how to evaluate this year’s water supply in the Mammoth area. At their recent meeting, water board officials...
by News Staff | Apr 28, 2009 | Past Posts
More swine flu cases documented today, and the World Health Organization raised its pandemic alert level to phase 4. This is part of a 6-level scale and indicates that the likelihood of a pandemic has increased but not that a pandemic is inevitable. The next phase, 5,...
by News Staff | Apr 27, 2009 | Past Posts
Cold, windy weather is no stranger to the opening of the Eastern Sierra trout season. Many a shivery late April has seen fishermen wrapped in warm clothes, braced against the wind. This year, the bad weather scenario played out wildly on Saturday but calmed down...
by News Staff | Apr 27, 2009 | Past Posts
Concerns continue that the world could sit on the edge of the first influenza pandemic in 40 years. At last report, that was not the case, but health officials here and around the world stay alert and watchful as more cases of a new Swine flu develop. Inyo-Mono Public...
