by News Staff | May 1, 2019 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power released its operation plan, focusing on pumping volumes, April 20, kicking off a series of events that historically has ended with a volume at or near the proposed maximum. The water extractions will be used...
by News Staff | May 1, 2019 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
Press release What would a presentation about the Bishop Theater be without a movie? And popcorn? In a word, “incomplete.” Both will be on hand when members of the Holland family come to the Eastern California Museum on Saturday, May 4 from 1 to 3p.m. to sign copies...
by News Staff | May 1, 2019 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
Press release Look outside! Birds and butterflies are on the wing, early blooms are splashing the valley with vibrant colors and community members across the region are preparing their soon-to-be-flourishing gardens. Spring has finally arrived and the Eastern Sierra...
by News Staff | Apr 30, 2019 | General Misc. Stories, Obituaries
Patricia (Pattie) Carole Miller, loving wife, mother, stepmother, sister, and grandmother, passed away unexpectedly March 12, 2019, she was 65. Pattie was born on May 12, 1953 in Detroit, Michigan to John and Dorothy Ellis. Soon after she was born, John moved his...
by News Staff | Apr 30, 2019 | General Misc. Stories
By Deb Murphy Picture this: a pipeline from either the Owens River or the Lower Rock Creek gorge up to reservoirs on Wheeler Ridge with an adjoining slue from the ridge back down to reservoirs in the gorges. Is this a water slide gone mad or a hydroelectric project...
by News Staff | Apr 26, 2019 | General Misc. Stories
By Deb Murphy The last weekend in April has historically been a merry time for Eastern Sierra anglers and local businesses. It’s Fishmas, the official opening of the fishing season. But a pall hangs over this year’s holiday as the California Department of Fish and...
by News Staff | Apr 25, 2019 | General Misc. Stories
News release from USFS Please see attached and know there could be some last minute changes as work on roads and facilities is ongoing. Happy Fishmas! The State of the Inyo, current as of 4/25/19 Mono Lake Ranger District Roads open: Hwy 158, Hwy 120 E (Benton), Lundy...
by News Staff | Apr 25, 2019 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
Proposed changes to fishing regulations and seasons have drawn a local response mostly against the new rules. Here are two previous stories from Sierra Wave Media, and a letter to the California Fish and Wildlife Department; also included is a link to comment:...
by News Staff | Apr 24, 2019 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
Press release The curtain is set to rise on the Playhouse 395 production of Mamma Mia! this Friday April 26. The show will be performed the last weekend in April and the first two weekends in May at the Bishop Union High School Auditorium. Mamma Mia! is the...
by News Staff | Apr 24, 2019 | General Misc. Stories, Law Enforcement
Bishop Police Department press release Monday afternoon, April 22, the Bishop Police Department (BPD) served a search warrant in Mammoth Lakes at the residence of 30-year-old Eugenio Alejandre Solorio Jr.. Solorio is a school teacher at Bishop Elementary. Roughly...
by News Staff | Apr 24, 2019 | General Misc. Stories
USFS news release The Inyo National Forest announces that personal use fuelwood season is scheduled to begin on Wednesday, May 15. This is two weeks later than when fuelwood season typically starts and is because of the significant winter and cool spring. Some of the...
by News Staff | Apr 24, 2019 | General Misc. Stories
By Deb Murphy Inyo County isn’t immune from the opioid crisis. According to Northern Inyo Hospital CEO Dr. Kevin Flanigan, eight deaths in Inyo County were directly or indirectly the result of opioid use in 2018. That’s eight too many. But with NIH’s recent grant...
