by News Staff | Mar 20, 2019 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
Press release Mammoth Lakes, CA – It’s all recreation, all the time with the Mammoth Lakes Parks and Recreation Department. Mark your calendars for the annual Summer Recreation Expo on Tuesday, March 26 from 5:00-7:00pm at the Mammoth High School Gym. Discover a...
by News Staff | Mar 20, 2019 | General Misc. Stories
NIHD news release (First in a three-part series) Signs of spring are seemingly everywhere – budding daffodils, young animals at the school farm, longer days. Yet, with the arrival of spring comes a frequent nemesis most people have written off with cold and dark...
by News Staff | Mar 20, 2019 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
Inyo National Forest press release Interview conducted by Deb Schweizer, who wrote, “Recently, I was asked by our Civil Rights Officer if I was aware of someone local who would make a good profile for Women’s History Month and I thought of Connie Millar. For...
by News Staff | Mar 20, 2019 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
Press release Inyo County’s History Day Contest was held on March 14th, 2019. Ten posters, four websites, one research paper and eleven exhibits covering a variety of topics captured this year’s contest theme of Triumph and Tragedy. Students were judged on the...
by News Staff | Mar 20, 2019 | General Misc. Stories
By Deb Murphy After skipping its February meeting to figure out staffing, the Owens Valley Groundwater Authority had a chance to mull over its draft budget for this fiscal year. This budget takes into consideration some unknowns when the initial budget was developed...
by News Staff | Mar 19, 2019 | Fire, General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
News releases 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 $1,000,000 to conduct mechanical and hand thinning,...
by News Staff | Mar 19, 2019 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
News release The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) will host a series of statewide meetings to inform the public and seek input on the proposed new statewide changes for trout fishing regulations. “The California Fish and Game Commission directed...
by News Staff | Mar 19, 2019 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
Press release Bishop, CA — Sophomore Samantha Burns, from Bishop Union High School, received the title of Inyo County Poetry Out Loud Champion, for the second year in a row, at the ninth annual county finals held in Bishop on February 6, 2019. The runner-up was Erik...
by News Staff | Mar 19, 2019 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
Press release The Inyo County Board of Supervisors recently approved nine grants to various local, non-profit community groups and organizations, for a total of $20,984. The grant process is part of the county’s Community Project Sponsorship Program, which awards...
by News Staff | Mar 17, 2019 | General Misc. Stories
Interagency news release CENTRAL SIERRA NEVADA, Calif. March 16, 2019 – A massive multiagency search in the Sierra Nevada has been underway for more than a week to locate missing U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Matthew Kraft, a 24-year-old man from Washington, Conn. Kraft...
by News Staff | Mar 15, 2019 | General Misc. Stories
CHP press release SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The celebrations and parties that may highlight St. Patrick’s Day often lead to tragedy, when impaired drivers take to the roads. The California Highway Patrol (CHP) and California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) urge people to...
by News Staff | Mar 15, 2019 | General Misc. Stories
By Deb Murphy More than 150 burros, seven mules and nine horses were removed from the Wild Burro Rescue and Preservation Project in Olancha. Project operator Diane Chontas has been arrested. Inyo County Sheriff’s Department conducted the seizure. The rescue took two...
