by News Staff | Jun 21, 2018 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
Press release 360 Degrees of Adventure virtual reality video from Mammoth Lakes Tourism recently won not one, but two Telly Awards. The first was the Silver Telly for Craft – Use of 360 for Branded Content, which is the highest honor award for branded content...
by News Staff | Jun 21, 2018 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy Just before Inyo’s Board of Supervisors approved the settlement agreement with Los Angeles Department of Water and Power over wells and mitigation in the Five Bridges area, Supervisor Matt Kingsley admitted there were “subtleties in this agreement.” That...
by News Staff | Jun 21, 2018 | General Misc. Stories
By Deb Murphy Friends of the Inyo, Sierra Club and other environmental groups have requested the Bureau of Land Management take another look at its decision to allow for gold exploration on the Conglomerate Mesa. BLM issued a Finding of No Significant Impact for the...
by News Staff | Jun 20, 2018 | Obituaries
Kenneth Lee Dean Jr. was born December 11, 1959 in Ardmore, Oklahoma to Kenneth Sr. and Loretta Dean. He passed away at his home on June 17th, 2018. He is survived by his loving companion Karen True; his two children, Travis Dean and Jessica Burton (husband Daniel...
by News Staff | Jun 18, 2018 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
Press release The 4th Annual Mammoth Lakes Film Festival (MLFF) announced this year’s juried and audience award winners at the Closing Night Award Ceremony at the Sierra Event Center in Mammoth Lakes on Sunday, May 27, 2018. The festival, held from May 23-27, screened...
by News Staff | Jun 18, 2018 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
Press release The Mammoth Community Water District (MCWD) offered a tour of their facilities to Mammoth Middle School 6thgrade students and the public last month. MCWD provided the tour as a way for customers to get a better understanding of what the District does to...
by News Staff | Jun 18, 2018 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
Press release Members of the Bishop Amateur Radio Club will be participating in the national Amateur Radio Field Day exercise,June 23 – 24 at Diaz Lake, just south of Lone Pine. Since 1933, ham radio operators across North America have established temporary ham radio...
by News Staff | Jun 18, 2018 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
Mammoth Lakes Chamber of Commerce press release We’re just over two weeks away from the Chamber’s annual 4th of July Parade on Old Mammoth Road and Main Street. Float applications are due Friday. Save your spot to show off your business, organization or...
by News Staff | Jun 18, 2018 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Press release The Mammoth Lakes Fire Safe Council (MLFSC) has received approval from the Sierra Nevada Conservancy (SNC) on a grant application for the Lakes Basin Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project in the amount of $500,000 to conduct mechanical and hand thinning,...
by News Staff | Jun 18, 2018 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Letter submitted by: Daniel Pritchett Bishop Mike Prather’s June 11, 2018, letter to Sierra Wave regarding DWP’s latest outrage invites comment. Here are two. Mike Prather posed the question, “Why would Los Angeles do this?” i.e. dry up 6000 irrigated acres in Mono...
by News Staff | Jun 18, 2018 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy Inyo County Water Department and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power have reached an agreement on the pumping test of Well 385 in the Five Bridges area. Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors will approve, or not, that agreement. The agreement...
by News Staff | Jun 18, 2018 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
Mono County press release Key points • Hantavirus is an uncommon but deadly disease in the Eastern Sierra. • The Sierra region of California is a hantavirus hotspot. • Carried by deer mice, people can catch it from exposure to mouse waste. • Most people who get...
