by News Staff | Oct 8, 2019 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy The Alabama Hills has been a National Scenic Area since February of this year when the Natural Resources Management Act passed both Houses of Congress. But, Saturday, that designation became really official with a celebration at the Lone Pine Film...
by News Staff | Oct 8, 2019 | General Misc. Stories
From Mammoth Lakes Tourism Good afternoon, We are receiving notifications that there may be another Public Safety Power Shutoff tomorrow, October 9, in Mammoth Lakes. Currently, the primary source for updated outage information in Mono County is the dedicated Public...
by News Staff | Oct 7, 2019 | General Misc. Stories
From Mono County Health Department Pediatricians in Mammoth are currently seeing a lot of influenza cases, and report that it is rampant in local schools. Northern Inyo Hospital has also seen some people with influenza this week, and some flu deaths have already...
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...
