by Press Release | Sep 17, 2021 | General Misc. Stories, Press Release
On Thursday September 9, 2021, at approximately 5:00 PM Pacific Time, Nevada Highway Patrol (NHP) Troopers responded to a fatal crash on US6 at mile marker 11 in Esmeralda County, near Montgomery Pass, Nevada. Preliminary investigation determined that a 2021...
by Deb Murphy | Sep 17, 2021 | Bishop City Council, City of Bishop, General Misc. Stories
Bishop’s City Council meeting started out with proclamations recognizing and honoring the Hispanic and Native American communities in the Bishop area: the month of September 15 through October 15 was proclaimed Hispanic Heritage Month; September 24 was Proclaimed...
by Press Release | Sep 17, 2021 | Federal government, News Releases, Press Release, Public Health, Testing, United States Forest Service
Recent testing yielded positive results for small amounts of toxic algae in Deadman Creek and visual observations made at Hummingbird and Odell Lakes in the 20 Lakes Basin may indicate toxic algae is also present in these two lakes. Toxic algae may exist in other...
by Press Release | Sep 17, 2021 | Bishop Police Department, Bishop Volunteer Fire Department (BVFD), City of Bishop, Inyo County, Law Enforcement, Press Release, Schools, State of California
On 09/16/21 at approximately 1:44 PM, a Bishop Unified School District school bus, loaded with multiple school aged children, was traveling in the slow lane of northbound US-395 near Jay Street in Bishop. At the same time, Christopher Rufener of Mohave Valley, AZ, was...
by MC Hubbard | Sep 16, 2021 | General Misc. Stories
You spoke up and Sierra Wave Media listened. You have asked us not to not turn off the opportunity for you to make comments to our website news stories. We gave your requests a great deal of thought and looked at options in many different ways and we are...
by Press Release | Sep 15, 2021 | General Misc. Stories
Silver Lake Boat Launch to remain closed for necessary upgrades The Inyo National Forest announces that the Silver Lake Boat Launching Facility will remain closed to the public to complete much needed facility improvements. Work on this project begam during the forest...
by Press Release | Sep 15, 2021 | General Misc. Stories
VALLEJO, Calif., — Sept. 14, 2021. The USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region will end the regional closure order affecting National Forests in California at 11:59 pm on Wednesday, Sept. 15, two days prior to the original end date of Sept. 17. However,...
by Deb Murphy | Sep 15, 2021 | Election, Government Agencies/Utilities, State of California
News reports, as late as two weeks ago, on Tuesday’s recall vote made it sound like Governor Gavin Newsom may need to pack a bag and head back to San Francisco. But, based on results at 10:30 last night, the votes against the recall came in at 66-percent of the total....
by Press Release | Sep 14, 2021 | City of Bishop, Government Agencies/Utilities
CITY OF BISHOP “ S m a l l to w n w i th a b i g b a c k y a r d ” FOR IMMEDIATE RELASE FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: September 14th, 2021 CITY OF BISHOP FY 21.22 GRANT APPLICATION The City of Bishop has released its Grant in Support Information Packet. For the...
by Press Release | Sep 14, 2021 | Entertainment, General Misc. Stories, News Releases, Press Release, Public Health, Public Safety
COVID-19 RULES & GUIDELINES Please carefully read through the following and understand what is expected of all attendees for the festival. In the interest of the health and safety of festival goers, attendees will be required to wear masks in the following areas,...
by Deb Murphy | Sep 13, 2021 | General Misc. Stories
Some human beings have a limitless capacity for optimism. When Eastern Sierra residents started waking up to blue skies last week, how many of them thought “the smoke is gone, it’s over.” Well, it’s not. Even those “glass-half-full” folks probably knew it, deep down...
by Press Release | Sep 12, 2021 | Bishop City Council, City of Bishop, Government Agencies/Utilities
1 CITY OF BISHOP CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA City Council Chambers – 301 West Line Street – Bishop, California NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC: In order to minimize the spread of the COVID 19 virus, Governor Newsom has issued Executive Orders that temporarily suspend...
