by News Staff | Mar 12, 2009 | Past Posts
A mountain lion has killed a dog near the popular Travertine Hot Springs in Bridgeport. Reports indicate that the lion has been sited during other occasions. Officials with the Mono Sheriffs Department report that on Sunday afternoon, March 8, 2009, Bridgeport local...
by News Staff | Mar 12, 2009 | Past Posts
With a stormy start to the month of March, snowpack numbers have crept toward normal. As of March 10th, the LA Department of Water and Power website lists 35.4 inches of water in the snowpack at Mammoth Pass. Thats 90% of normal to date and 81% of normal for the...
by News Staff | Mar 12, 2009 | Past Posts
After close to 8 hours of talk, the Inyo Planning Commission unanimously approved a conditional use permit for Coso Geothermal, which allows the company to pump 4800 acre feet of water per year out of Rose Valley. Although, the first year, the company will be allowed...
by News Staff | Mar 11, 2009 | Past Posts
The petition circulated by the Advocates for Mammoth that asked people to sign in order to challenge the approved ordinance for the Clearwater Specific Plan and take the issue to a vote in the community was not only overturned because of a technicality, but according...
by News Staff | Mar 11, 2009 | Past Posts
Hard times and hard decisions for the Town of Mammoth Lakes as a drop in bed tax revenue could lead to additional cuts and rumored lay-offs. In December, employee associations sat down with Town staff to hammer out an agreement that led to the elimination of nine...
by News Staff | Mar 11, 2009 | Past Posts
The Eastern Sierra Wild Heritage Act, which would create over 400,000 acres of new designated wilderness on local lands, has hit a stumbling block in Washington. Bundled up into a larger collection of bills known as the Omnibus Land Management Act of 2009, the larger...
