by News Staff | May 22, 2019 | General Misc. Stories
Mono County Sheriff’s office news release On the evening of Saturday, May 18, at 7:25 pm, the Mono County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call for assistance needed for an injured skier in the Sierra near Bridgeport. A 29-year-old man from San Francisco had...
by News Staff | May 22, 2019 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
By Deb Murphy Bishop Union High’s Broncos romped past the Foothill Trojans from Bakersfield Tuesday afternoon at home in the CIF Division 6 Central Section championship game with a 25-2 win, the team’s first championship since 1969. The game was scheduled for Saturday...
by News Staff | May 21, 2019 | Obituaries
Ron I. Barr: 1953-2019 Born February 19, 1953 to the late Ron Barr and Anita I. Barr and Grandmother Rose Williams of Fort Bidwell. Ron passed away on May 12, 2019 in Reno, NV at the Renown Hospital at the age of 66. He lived his entire life in Bishop as a son of the...
by News Staff | May 21, 2019 | General Misc. Stories, Law Enforcement
News release Mammoth Lakes, CA: On Thursday May 23rd, 2019, the Mammoth Lakes Police Department in conjunction with the Bridgeport Office of the California Highway Patrol and Mammoth High School, will be conducting a simulated drunk driving traffic collision as part...
by News Staff | May 21, 2019 | General Misc. Stories, Law Enforcement
Inyo County Sheriff’s Department news release BISHOP, CA. May 21, 2019 – Last night at 8:50 PM, Inyo County Sheriff’s Deputies, along with units from Bishop Police Department and California Highway Patrol responded to a campsite located east of the canal road in...
by News Staff | May 21, 2019 | General Misc. Stories
MCWD release The Mammoth Community Water District’s Consumer Confidence Report on water quality during 2018 is now available at the District’s reception and permit desks and at the Mammoth Lakes Public Library. The report can also be viewed or downloaded from the...
by News Staff | May 21, 2019 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
By Deb Murphy Locals know the history. The 1968 packing season got a late start due to a lot of left-over snow; not a good thing for Sierra packers. One solution was a splashy opening of the 1969 season with a mule show. That initial effort was one-day and followed a...
by News Staff | May 21, 2019 | Obituaries
Pearl Virginia Hartless: 1931- 2019 Our Dearest Pearl left us on May 12,2019, to be with our Lord. Pearl was a homemaker, wife, mother, sister, Grandmother, Great Grandmother. She loved fishing, family outings, cookouts and just being with family. She was originally...
by Deb Murphy | May 21, 2019 | General Misc. Stories
May 20, 2019 BISHOP AIRPORT UPDATE The best thing about the $7.85 million grant from the Federal Aviation Administration for pavement improvements at Bishop Airport, according to Inyo CAO Clint Quilter: it doesn’t require matching funds from Inyo County. Design...
by News Staff | May 20, 2019 | Obituaries
Carl Pearce was a cowboy, rodeo contestant, rancher, dude wrangler, horseman, chef, farmer, athlete, college graduate, soldier, aviator, coach, paratrooper, restaurateur, investment broker, Rotarian, insurance broker, family man, local philanthropist, cancer survivor,...
by News Staff | May 20, 2019 | General Misc. Stories
By Deb Murphy To Eastern Sierra residents, in most years, annual run-off means the streams and canals rise and pasture lands start to green-up. For Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, run-off is the city’s life’s blood, the calculation that figures into the...
by News Staff | May 20, 2019 | Obituaries
Mary “Jean” Miller 1938-2017 In loving memory of a loving wife and mother Mary “Jean”Miller arrived to this world May 1938 in Putman, Virginia. Born to Pleas and Maggie Buchanan, she was the youngest of fourteen surviving children. Mary spent her childhood living...
