by News Staff | Jun 28, 2021 | General Misc. Stories
7pm: Due to the threat of thunderstorms over the next few days, the Inyo National Forest, in consultation with the Inyo County Sheriff’s Office, will keep the Lone Pine Campground and Whitney Portal Road closed. According to the National Weather Service, thunderstorms...
by News Staff | Jun 27, 2021 | General Misc. Stories, Nature, News Releases, Press Release, United States Forest Service
The Inyo National Forest is proposing a Comprehensive River Management Plan (CRMP) for two Wild and Scenic Rivers, Owens River Headwaters and Cottonwood Creek. Members of the public are invited to submit scoping comments on the draft CRMPs for these rivers between now...
by News Staff | Jun 27, 2021 | General Misc. Stories
High school students across Cerro Coso’s service area are enrolling in college credit classes and finding that graduating from college before even graduating from high school is a very real possibility. Nine high school students graduated with Associate Degrees from...
by News Staff | Jun 27, 2021 | General Misc. Stories, Inyo County Sheriff's Office, News Releases, Public Safety, United States Forest Service
Here’s the latest Information on the Inyo Creek Fire for June 27, 2021 @7:00pm Steady progress being made toward containment jumping from 35% to 50% to now 70% in over the past three days. Evacuation orders still in effect for most residents affect by fire...
by News Staff | Jun 25, 2021 | Business, Nature, News Releases
MPM Celebrates International Pollinator Week with Construction of Pollinator Garden in Lone Pine Chamber Courtyard, Joins Wildlife Habitat Council In recognition of Pollinator Week, Mojave Precious Metals (“MPM”) has been working in collaboration with the Wildlife...
by Community Reports/Events | Jun 25, 2021 | General Misc. Stories
A new flag is always a nice way to recognize and show respect for our country. Dean’s Plumbing and Western Nevada Supply teamed up to buy the new 20-by-40-foot flag. (Photos courtesy of Gayla Wolf) During Mule Days, Andy Boxley, owner of Dean’s Plumbing and Craig...
by Community Reports/Events | Jun 24, 2021 | General Misc. Stories, News Releases, Press Release, United States Forest Service
Update on Thursday, June 24@11pm: The Incident Management Team is reporting the fire as 25% contained, holding at 586 acres going into this evening. Lateral movement of the Inyo Creek Fire continues to be held. Firefighters continued to build containment lines in very...
by News Staff | Jun 24, 2021 | Fire, National Park Service, News Releases, Press Release
The initial investigation into the cause of the fire at Scotty’s Castle in Death Valley National Park has recently concluded. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFire) determined the fire began inside the Visitor Center. The investigation was...
by News Staff | Jun 24, 2021 | Entertainment, Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
New State? Free from Tyranny? What?! Find out at Town Hall Meeting on Saturday, June 26 Paul Preston is the Founder of the New California State movement which seeks to split the state of California into separate states. While these efforts to split the state have...
by News Staff | Jun 24, 2021 | California Highway Patrol, Fire, Inyo County Sheriff's Office, United States Forest Service
Well, the first effort to retrieve vehicles abandoned at Whitney Portal had to be cancelled because the Inyo Creek Fire flared up and it just wasn’t safe to allow anyone go up to Portal. So, authorities are giving it another shot. On Thursday June 24 at 8 a.m....
by Community Reports/Events | Jun 24, 2021 | Inyo County Sheriff's Office, News Releases, United States Forest Service
The Inyo National Forest will hold a public meeting at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 24, 2021 to update the public on the progress being made on the Inyo Creek Fire. The public meeting will be held at the Spainhower Park located at 430 N. Main St., Lone Pine, CA 93545....
by Community Reports/Events | Jun 23, 2021 | General Misc. Stories, Inyo County Sheriff's Office
Finally, thanks to one of our readers, Kristine MacKenzie, who was so affected by the story of the missing couple from Tucson in Death Valley in April, that she continued to follow it. She contacted Sierra Wave so we can share this podcast from 2 weeks ago on what...
