by News Staff | Mar 30, 2021 | Nature, News Releases
For the past month, Wildcare Eastern Sierra has hosted numerous free education programs in their Center front yard. In small groups of 10 or less, children and adults learn about our wild neighbors from Razzle the Raven, Spirit and Bullitt (Red-tailed Hawks), Harvey...
by News Staff | Mar 30, 2021 | Corona Virus, Inyo County, News Releases, Public Health, Vaccination
Covid-19 Vaccine Appointments Available THIS WEEK for Residents 50+: Inyo County early-bird vaccination appointments are available to Inyo County residents aged 50+ as soon as today, March 30 at Bishop Vons through a registration link to Albertsons Pharmacy Services...
by News Staff | Mar 30, 2021 | General Misc. Stories
Bishop Little League Baseball is back! Bishop Little League Baseball will be having a Season. We anticipate playing games on May 1st under Covid 19 protocols. Registration is open at www.bishopparksandrec.sportsites.com. Registration will run from March 22 through...
by Deb Murphy | Mar 30, 2021 | General Misc. Stories, Inyo County, Museums
Trains played a major role in both the development of the West and then again in the Western movies during the 50s. But, even for those of us who were religious Western movie lovers, the size and scope of the Slim Princess, currently living in her own home at the...
by News Staff | Mar 30, 2021 | Nature, News Releases, Press Release
INYO350 is announcing their theme for celebrating and honoring Earth Day in 2021 – Earth Day Begins At Home. During the month of April they will be sharing lots of practical information to raise awareness of what you can do at home, and in your daily life, to reduce...
by News Staff | Mar 30, 2021 | CAL Fire, Fire, General Misc. Stories, Inyo County, News Releases
All the Commotion on the West Side of Independence? You may have noticed CalFire trucks and lots of work going on behind the museum on the west side of Independence lately. This work is associated with the fire break project that the Independence Fire Safe Council...
by Community Reports/Events | Mar 29, 2021 | Crime, General Misc. Stories, Law Enforcement, Mono County Sheriff's Office
In an update to Arrests Made in Bridgeport Double Homicide posted on Thursday, March 25, the following day, Friday, March 26 found two of the three suspects, 34-year-old Cory Spurlock and his 32 -year-old wife, Orit Oged, appearing before Missoula Justice Court Judge...
by Deb Murphy | Mar 26, 2021 | City of Bishop
Bishop’s Planning Commission finished a lengthy second review of a draft commercial cannabis ordinance this past week. The review focused on changes requested at the Commission’s February meeting. Now it will be up to the City Council to decide if it’s ready to join...
by News Staff | Mar 26, 2021 | Obituaries
Alexander Brittingham Reid (Skandar) | 1957 – 2021 Alexander Brittingham Reid (Skandar) passed away March 21st, 2021 due to sepsis. He was born on December 31st, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois to Bryan and Marian Reid (both deceased). Alex was raised in St. Charles,...
by Community Reports/Events | Mar 26, 2021 | General Misc. Stories, Influenza, Public Health, Vaccination
And of course…it can be a problem for next year. Remember the “Twindemic” that we were all warned about last year – the combination of patients with both the flu and Covid-19? Public health authorities were warning everyone that would listen that if it happened, it...
by News Staff | Mar 25, 2021 | Crime, General Misc. Stories, Law Enforcement, Mono County Sheriff's Office, News Releases, Press Release
Press Release – Arrests Made in Bridgeport Double Homicide In the early morning of November 9, 2020, a snowplow driver discovered two bodies on the shoulder of Highway 395, approximately 10 miles north of Bridgeport. The victims, identified as William and Yesenia...
by Community Reports/Events | Mar 25, 2021 | Bishop City Council, Bishop Police Department
Speaking to the Bishop City Council on Monday Night, March 22, Acting Police Chief Josh Ellsworth previewed a new service the department is using, called RapidSOS, to keep better, more accurate information while on 4-1-1 and 9-1-1 calls coming from cell phones for...
