by News Staff | Feb 12, 2018 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
Press release The American Mule Museum and the Laws Railroad Museum are excited and proud to announce an upcoming alliance. The American Mule Museum, dedicated to the preservation of history and contributions of the American Mule, has donated $20,000 to the Laws...
by News Staff | Feb 12, 2018 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy The Town of Mammoth Lakes and Mono County are nearing a decision on taxing cannabis businesses. Or, put more accurately, how much cannabis tax to put to a vote by their respective residents. Both entities are working with Dave McPherson from Hinderliter...
by News Staff | Feb 12, 2018 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
News releases Town of Mammoth Lakes A Municipal Election will be held in the Town of Mammoth Lakes on Tuesday, June 5, 2018 for the purpose of electing three members to the Town Council. The Councilmembers presently occupying these offices are Colin Fernie, Shields...
by News Staff | Feb 12, 2018 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy The 11 members of the Owens Valley Groundwater Authority committed to their financial contribution for the development of a groundwater sustainability plan. It took three meetings, three hours at Thursday’s session and additional wording added to the...
by News Staff | Feb 11, 2018 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
Press release Bishop, CA — The Inyo County Science Fair was held on February 6th. Five schools participated this year: Big Pine School (6th-8th grades); Bishop Elementary (4th grade); Home Street Middle School (7th-8th grades); Lone Pine (4th -10th grades); Owens...
by News Staff | Feb 11, 2018 | General Misc. Stories
By Deb Murphy How long has Big Pine’s Veterans Path been around? Let’s just say if your bike had training wheels when it was first brought up, you’d be getting your driver’s license by now. According to Fourth District Supervisor Mark Tillemans, a native Piner, the...
by News Staff | Feb 11, 2018 | General Misc. Stories
ICSO news release On February 8th at approximately 11:43am search crews located missing man, Matthew Beyl, deceased on Feb. 8. Thursday’s search was part of a multiagency search that began yesterday in a remote area approximately six miles off Hwy 190 on Saline...
by News Staff | Feb 11, 2018 | Obituaries
Helen Louise “Dinkey” Boothe Dixon was born Aug 10, 1918 to Roy and Rose Boothe, in Dinkey Ca. She died peacefully at her home in Bishop, on Feb 3, 2018. Her family moved to Bishop from North Fork in 1926, when Helen was seven. She attended Bishop schools...
by News Staff | Feb 11, 2018 | General Misc. Stories
News release The Owens Valley Mosquito Abatement Program has received an increase in reports from residents seeing mosquitoes this February due to the unseasonably warm weather we have been experiencing. The mosquitoes are probably of the Anopheles or Culiseta...
by News Staff | Feb 8, 2018 | Obituaries
Bruce Charles Dishion was born on June 12, 1948 in Merced, CA and passed away on January 27, 2018. He moved to Bishop, CA in his high school years and graduated from Bishop Union High School in 1966. He married his wife, Sherry Dishion in 1967. They were married for...
by News Staff | Feb 8, 2018 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
Press release Beginning Monday, February 12, Manzanar’s 3.2-mile auto tour road will be closed for paving. The project is expected to last until late April. Visitors can still explore the site on foot and/or drive to the camp cemetery via dirt roads on the north and...
by News Staff | Feb 8, 2018 | General Misc. Stories
By Deb Murphy With a March deadline to get on the June ballot, the Owens Valley Unified School District Board should be making its decision on a $5 million general obligation at its February 22 meeting. The district introduced that possibility late last year, starting...
