by News Staff | Sep 23, 2018 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
Press release “Dude, autumn happens here, too.” With that statement the Eastern Sierra stakes its claim to having enough bountiful, bright fall foliage to compete with fall color hot spots such as New England and the Rocky Mountains. Inyo County and the Inyo National...
by News Staff | Sep 23, 2018 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy Inyo County budgets prepared by former CAO Kevin Carunchio have traditionally included appropriate Bob Dylan lyrics. The 2018-19 iteration was a little different. What was different was the choice of a down-in-the-dumps “Workman’s Blues No.2” lyrics:...
by News Staff | Sep 17, 2018 | Fire, General Misc. Stories
UPDATE STATE ROUTE 158N (JUNE LAKE LOOP ROAD) REOPENS JUNE LAKE — The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) would like to inform the traveling public that State Route 158N has been reopened. Inyo National Forest, BLM, June Lake Fire and Lee Vining Fire...
by News Staff | Sep 14, 2018 | General Misc. Stories
Please beware of counterfeit U.S. currency. Local cashiers, business owners, and bank tellers are asked to be on the lookout for fake $20 and $100 bills. The $20 and $100 bills are the same size as real bills with the same design with exception of some Chinese...
by News Staff | Sep 13, 2018 | General Misc. Stories, Law Enforcement
The Mammoth Lakes Police Department is proud to announce their partnership with the Rite Aid Foundation and KidCents. They have graciously donated a personalized prescription drug disposal container to the Mammoth Lakes Police Department. If you have any expired or...
by Deb Murphy | Sep 13, 2018 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
HOW COMPLEX IS LADWP’S DEWATERING PLAN? MONO COUNTY READY TO COUNT THE WAYS Common sense tells you dewatering grazing lands in Mono County has the potential of messing with the eco-system. A team of scientists has been hired to outline just how complicated that...
by News Staff | Sep 13, 2018 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
Work on a City of Bishop project to construct new waterline on East Elm Street and on Central Avenue is expected to start Monday, 17 September, and continue into mid October. The project is on East Elm Street between Main Street and Howard Street and on Central Avenue...
by News Staff | Sep 12, 2018 | General Misc. Stories
There will be a Parent Night Vape Information meeting at the Mammoth High School Multipurpose Room. The meeting will be in Spanish, September 19th & in English on September 20th. It starts at 5:30 PM and there will be a presentation, 6:00 – 7:00 PM. There...
by News Staff | Sep 12, 2018 | Obituaries
Phyllis Jean Kruger was born in Yuma, Colorado on June 24,1924. She passed away at the home of her daughter on September 4, -2018 surrounded by her family. After spending her early childhood with her grandmother in Nebraska, she moved to live with her mother in...
by News Staff | Sep 11, 2018 | General Misc. Stories
Saddle Club Reward Up to $18, 732.66 thanks to 5-year-old girl’s donation By Charles James Five-year-old June Mitchell overheard her parents talking to friends about the horses injured at the Big Pine Saddle Club back in June of this year and the concern over the high...
by News Staff | Sep 10, 2018 | Obituaries
Longtime Lone Pine resident Carlton “Buck” Grace passed away on Aug. 21 at age 80 in Lone Pine. Buck went to the Lord peacefully in his sleep at Southern Inyo Hospital, his son Brian at his side. Buck was born in Long Beach, CA and live and worked in Lone...
by News Staff | Sep 9, 2018 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
Press release The Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep Foundation and California Dept. of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) Sierra Nevada Bighorn Recovery Program, invite the public to an afternoon of Sierra bighorn stories and hands on activities, at the Mono Basin Scenic Visitor...