by News Staff | Jul 11, 2018 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
Caltrans news release SACRAMENTO – Caltrans announced that 152 local projects received nearly $97 million in funding from the Low Carbon Transit Operations Program. These projects continue California’s effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve the...
by News Staff | Jul 11, 2018 | General Misc. Stories, Obituaries
Wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Lorrel Marian Elder was born in Susanville, CA and was raised in a small valley just above Double Check, Nevada which was a railroad spur where box cars were left for her father to fill with gunnysacks full of...
by News Staff | Jul 11, 2018 | Government Agencies/Utilities, Obituaries
David R Lehr passed away peacefully in his home on July 8, 2018. He was born September 10, 1937 in Kirksville, Missouri. In December 1947 his family moved to Gunnison, Colorado and in 1948 moved to Grand Junction, Colorado where he grew up. He graduated from Grand...
by News Staff | Jul 11, 2018 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
Georges Fire Morning Update Lone Pine, CA, July 13, 2018 – The Georges Fire (lightning-caused) is currently at 2,883 acres and is 42% contained. The incident transitioned out of Unified Command. The fire is being managed by SoCal Team 3, a Type 2 incident...
by News Staff | Jul 11, 2018 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
MINING COMPANY ABANDONS EXPLORATION AT CONGLOMERATE MESA, BLM ALLOWS CLAIM HOLDERS TO SHOP PROJECT TO OTHERS Local advocates continue fight against proposed drilling in the Eastern Sierra, as BLM informs groups that claim holders are searching for company to take up...
by News Staff | Jul 10, 2018 | Fire
USFS news release Georges Fire Evening Update Lone Pine, CA, July 11, 2018 – The Georges Fire (lightning-caused) is currently at 2,883 acres and is 42% contained. The fire is in Unified Command with SoCal Team 3, a Type 2 incident management team (assigned to...
by News Staff | Jul 9, 2018 | General Misc. Stories
By Deb Murphy The 500 cubic feet per second flows scheduled for the Owens River Gorge in late June have been postponed until later this month. But the impact of flows 10-times greater than what has been released hasn’t been postponed. What about the fish and their...
by News Staff | Jul 9, 2018 | Obituaries
MARY ANN CRUZ-STONE 1977 – 2018 Born March 14, 1977, Mary Ann passed away on June 28, 2018. Mary grew up in Bishop, CA. She had two sisters, Carol and Amy and one brother, Dan Stone. Mary would always help clean around the house and always did a great job. Mary was...
by News Staff | Jul 9, 2018 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy Friends of the Inyo is the latest entity to come out in support of ranchers with grazing leases in Long Valley, leases receiving a fraction of previous irrigation water allocations this year and possibly no water following an environmental analysis by...
by News Staff | Jul 9, 2018 | Obituaries
Donna Jeanne Howell 1937 – 2018 Donna Jeanne Howell, 81, an Eastern Sierra resident, passed away on Friday, July 6, 2018 in Reno NV. She was born on January 17, 1937 in Whittier, CA to Wallace and Lois Morrison. Donna attended the University of California, Santa...
by News Staff | Jul 9, 2018 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
Mammoth Lakes Enhances Partnership with United Airlines by Adding Los Angeles Flight Route Service scheduled to begin Dec. 1, 2018 Mammoth Lakes, Calif. (Press release) — In less than five weeks Mammoth Lakes Tourism and Mammoth Resorts have secured a new airline...
by News Staff | Jul 9, 2018 | Obituaries
Nancy Joy Brown 1951-2018 Nancy Joy Brown, 67, born to Ruth McGee Brown and Harry William Brown of Bishop, California. She passed away on July 3, 2018 peacefully in her sleep at her residence. Nancy was strong, bold, fearless, outspoken, kind, giving, concerned, hard...
