by News Staff | Apr 12, 2019 | General Misc. Stories
Press release On January 2, 2019, Annette Mahan walked her son up the stairs that night, gave him a kiss and told him she loved him. Danny Mahan, just days after leaving a Prescott, Arizona drug-rehab center, was home and told by his mother “not to do anything...
by News Staff | Apr 12, 2019 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
Press release RENO, Nevada — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is soliciting additional public comment on its proposed rule to list the Bi-State Distinct Population Segment (DPS) of greater sage-grouse as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. As its...
by News Staff | Apr 12, 2019 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
Press release Inyo County Office of Education is pleased to announce that Alexandra Morales from Round Valley Joint Elementary School won first place at the 59th annual Inyo County Speech Contest, for her speech: Parkland, Columbine, Sandy Hook, Enough! The second...
by News Staff | Apr 12, 2019 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
NPS press release INDEPENDENCE, CA—Manzanar National Historic Site invites visitors to participate in a weekend of special events in conjunction with the Manzanar Committee’s annual Pilgrimage. The event’s theme is 50th Manzanar Pilgrimage: An Enduring Legacy For...
by News Staff | Apr 11, 2019 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy Tuesday’s review of Inyo County’s short-term rental policy is a prime example of good intentions going awry. The issue that rose to the surface of associate planner Tom Schaniel’s review of numbers and problems focused on non-hosted Airbnbs with...
by News Staff | Apr 11, 2019 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy Joe Pecsi gave Bishop City Council a template to respond to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s new proposed fishing regulations, highlighting a lot of things wrong with those regs. A former Councilman and chair of the Inyo County Fish and...
by News Staff | Apr 8, 2019 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
USFS news release, prepared by Deb Schweizer I received several calls inquiring about a State of the Inyo, so here it is. There are only a handful of changes: The Glacier Lodge Rd is open (Big Pine) and Caltrans opened Hwy 120E (Benton) today. Inyo County reports...
by News Staff | Apr 8, 2019 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
Press release The all-star cast for the upcoming production of ‘Mamma Mia!’ is hard at work rehearsing and preparing to fully entertain audiences as they lead them through the intriguing tale of a young girl trying to find out who her Dad is so he can give her away on...
by News Staff | Apr 8, 2019 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities, Law Enforcement
Inyo County Sheriff’s Department news release On the afternoon of Sunday, April 7, the Inyo County Sheriff’s Office received an emergency satellite transmission requesting a rescue near Mt. Whitney. A party of four climbers attempting to summit Mt. Russell...
by News Staff | Apr 5, 2019 | General Misc. Stories
By Deb Murphy Nate Greenberg, Mono County’s IT director, described the communication blackout March 23-24 as “the perfect storm,” some consolation to residents from Boron to Bridgeport left without a variety of communication tools, including 911, since perfect storms...
by News Staff | Apr 5, 2019 | General Misc. Stories
By Charles James Last Friday, March 29th, the California Highway Patrol reported that a bicyclist had died at about 10:35 a.m. after being struck along U.S. 6 and Chalfant Loop Road, about 12 miles northeast of Bishop, California. Information on the identity of the...
by News Staff | Apr 5, 2019 | General Misc. Stories
By Deb Murphy The Inyo Board of Supervisors got a preview of a franchise agreement with the County’s two waste haulers at Tuesday’s meeting. Built into that agreement is a procedure for annual adjustments in the floor rate that determines the cost to residents. Bottom...
