by News Staff | Nov 21, 2018 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy As if Fred Stump didn’t make his position on specific groups joining the Owens Valley Groundwater Authority board as voting members clear enough at last month’s meeting, the Mono County Supervisor doubled down Monday afternoon, objecting on ethical...
by News Staff | Nov 19, 2018 | Obituaries
Aleta Friend London was born to Elmer and Florence Friend on the first day of spring in 1945 and passed on November 7th due to sudden onset respiratory failure. She leaves behind her family in Ojai Including son Robert Kittredge (Charlotte), sister Anne Thacher...
by News Staff | Nov 15, 2018 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy If there’s a moral to the Marty Williams and residents of North Street in Wilkerson tussle over a 41-unit storage facility, it’s try to avoid getting a Conditional Use Permit. Here’s the deal: In early October, Williams appealed Inyo’s Planning...
by News Staff | Nov 15, 2018 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
Press release After an almost year-long extensive Nation-Wide search, the Tri-County Fair board has hired a CEO. Jen McGuire has accepted an offer from the Fair Board for the CEO positon. Board President Paul Dostie said “Jen McGuire was selected because of her...
by News Staff | Nov 15, 2018 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy Mono Board of Supervisors After Ron McMartin and Layton Peterson finished a bidding war on the Mono County-owned property at 71 Davison in Mammoth Lakes, the Mono Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to reject the market value bids, ending at $185,000,...
by News Staff | Nov 15, 2018 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
From Mono County Heath Officer Dr. Tom Boo Opioids: Reducing Harm in Mono County Today’s Monogram focuses on local efforts to address the opioid epidemic, which has been declared a national emergency. Tens of thousands of Americans will die this year from opioid...
by News Staff | Nov 15, 2018 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
USFS news releases MONO AND INYO COUNTIES– The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has, or has scheduled, closure for the following passes: State Route 203 (SR-203) from Mammoth Mountain Inn to the Mono/Madera County Line is now closed for the winter...
by News Staff | Nov 15, 2018 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
Inyo County Health Department news release A child from Southern California tragically died earlier this month after being diagnosed with an extremely rare infection known as primary amebic ningoencephalitis (PAM). Testing was positive for evidence of...
by News Staff | Nov 15, 2018 | Obituaries
Yvette Marie Belec Yvette Marie Belec, 75, passed away on November 5, 2018 at her home in Bishop. Yvette was born February 10, 1943 in Timmins, Ontario, Canada, the daughter of Florian and Jeanne St Croix. Yvette moved to Bishop in 1966 with her husband, Pete, and...
by News Staff | Nov 13, 2018 | Obituaries
August Hess (October 25, 1914 – October 20, 2018) The time has sadly come to say goodbye to August Hess, Avid skier, baseball player, musician, golfer, historian, friend, family man and who was one of the best. Augie was born, October 25th, 1914, at Mono Mills,...
by News Staff | Nov 13, 2018 | General Misc. Stories
By Deb Murphy The day after the Town of Mammoth Lakes held a wildfire workshop, fires in Ventura County and north of Sacramento were back in the news. The consensus: the state’s fire season runs from January 1 through December 31. Representatives from Inyo National...
by News Staff | Nov 8, 2018 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories, Law Enforcement
Press release Donations sought for the Annual Eastern “Sierra Shop with a Cop”. It’s hard to believe that Christmas is literally right around the corner! Law enforcement officers and public safety staff from law enforcement and criminal justice agencies throughout...
