by News Staff | Oct 7, 2019 | General Misc. Stories
From USFS The Taboose Fire has shown some interior smoke in the past several days along the western flank, where warming and drying of unburned fuels has allowed fire activity to increase. Currently, there are a few acres of active fire at high elevation, confined by...
by News Staff | Oct 7, 2019 | General Misc. Stories
Mono County Health Department Extensive water spreading due to high runoff conditions has increased the number of biting mosquitoes in our communities from north of Bishop to south of Big Pine. With the higher river flows out of Pleasant Valley we expect the Aedes...
by News Staff | Oct 7, 2019 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
By Deb Murphy The City of Bishop and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power celebrated the newly tree-lined South Main Street with a block party Friday late morning. The project was a collaboration between the two entities with the City’s Public Works doing...
by News Staff | Oct 5, 2019 | General Misc. Stories
Report from California Fall Color Following is a summary of reports on autumnal change across California. It is compiled from reports and photographs submitted by a network of volunteer observers. Similar reports on the status of fall color across California are sent...
by News Staff | Oct 5, 2019 | General Misc. Stories
News release Early this morning (at approximately 3:30 am), a source line into the Mammoth-Bishop area experienced an unplanned outage, not a proactive public safety power shutoff (PSPS) event. This outage effects approximately 15,000 customers in the area. SCE crews...
by News Staff | Oct 3, 2019 | General Misc. Stories, Law Enforcement
CHP news release UPDATE CHP Bridgeport is releasing the names of the involved parties from the fatal traffic collision on 10/03/2019 at 11:47 AM. Driver of 1999 Ford – Marvin McChristian, DOB: 08/03/1956, from Mammoth Lakes, CA The following were all patrons at Mono...
by News Staff | Oct 2, 2019 | General Misc. Stories
By Deb Murphy Bishop Union School District’s Board President Taylor Ludwick admitted the 2019-20 year got off to a rough start at a special meeting held Monday evening. The meeting had two items on the agenda: first, a clean-up motion on graduation requirements and,...
by News Staff | Oct 1, 2019 | General Misc. Stories
Press release Lone Pine, Calif. – The Alabama Hills Stewardship Group, Inc. (AHSG) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Bishop Field Office, along with dozens of stakeholder groups and the community of Lone Pine; are gathering to celebrate the federal designation...
by News Staff | Oct 1, 2019 | General Misc. Stories
By Deb Murphy Close to 100 East Side residents got together at Tallman Pavilion last Thursday to kick-off a two-year effort to identify sustainable recreation projects in the Sierra Nevada. The initiative is funded with $618,760 of Prop. 68 monies, administered by the...
by News Staff | Oct 1, 2019 | General Misc. Stories, Obituaries
Vivienne aka (Bim) went to join the Angels on Thursday, September 26 at 11:24 p.m. She was truly an angel and will be missed by family and friends alike. She was born Vivienne Doris Chance on November 13, 1923 to Charles Thomas Chance and Clara Lurette (Crocker)...
by News Staff | Oct 1, 2019 | General Misc. Stories
Press release NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — The ultimate western race has arrived with the launch of John Wayne Grit Series the first annual fundraising event by the John Wayne Cancer Foundation (JWCF), whose mission is to bring courage, strength and grit to the fight...
by News Staff | Sep 30, 2019 | General Misc. Stories
By Deb Murphy School board meetings rarely draw big crowds. When they do, it’s usually bad news. At Bishop Union School District’s September 19th meeting, some in the audience were there in response to an e-mail alleging misconduct on the part of Jon Ray, the new...
