by News Staff | Feb 1, 2018 | General Misc. Stories
By Deb Murphy The Napoles family and interested tribal members gathered at the Bishop Paiute Tribe administration building Tuesday to hear a skyped Tribal Court session addressing a land assignment issue that has dragged on for more than 15 years. The Tribe contends...
by News Staff | Feb 1, 2018 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
Press release Style, What Is It Good For? An Overview of the Rock Art of California, the Great Basin, and the Southwest There are probably tens of thousands of rock art sites in Western North America and as many as a million individual panels. Researchers have used an...
by News Staff | Jan 30, 2018 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
Press release Friends of the Eastern California Museum History Program Saturday February 3rd at 6:30 p.m. On February 3rd, the Friends of the Eastern California Museum invites you to attend a 50-minute history program on one of the largest and most momentous events to...
by News Staff | Jan 30, 2018 | General Misc. Stories
By Deb Murphy Owens Valley residents are stepping up to help a Bishop teenager and her family following a freak auto accident on a power line road north of Wilkerson Saturday night. A gofundme page was set up and as of Monday evening, the site has been flooded with...
by News Staff | Jan 30, 2018 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
Press release Mammoth Lakes, Calif. – The Mammoth Lakes Foundation (MLF) is pleased to announce Betsy Truax as the new Development Director. “Betsy’s passion for our community and her strong belief in the mission of the Mammoth Lakes Foundation, combined with her...
by News Staff | Jan 30, 2018 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
USFS press release The Inyo National Forest announces that new over snow fat biking opportunities are available for the 2018 winter season. The following areas are now open to over snow fat bike use: • Groomed motorized OSV trails identified on the Eastern Sierra...
by News Staff | Jan 30, 2018 | Obituaries
Irmgard “Kitty” Wilder 1933-2018 Irmgard, age 84, always known as “Kitty” was born in Heilbronn Germany, November 19, 1933 to Johan Kantenwein and Paula Forstner. Kitty passed away on January 12, 2018, at Renown Medical Center. Kitty met and married Paul J. Wilder and...
by News Staff | Jan 30, 2018 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
Press release The Rotary Club of Bishop Noon and the Rotary Club of Bishop Sunrise were happy and proud to help support the Wild Iris Family Counseling and Crisis Center McCutcheon House Transitional Housing Project. The two clubs, with the support of a Rotary...
by News Staff | Jan 26, 2018 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Mr. Joe Dell has been selected to lead the Bishop Fire Department as its new Chief effective June 1, 2018. In a joint statement issued by City Administrator Jim Tatum and Rural Fire Commisson Chairman Mike Holland, they said, “We are excited that Mr. Dell has accepted...
by News Staff | Jan 25, 2018 | Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy Earlier this week, we reported on the Mammoth Community Water District’s efforts to take a second look at environmental documents and the assumption of an impermeable barrier between the district’s water source and the deeper reservoir tapped by Ormat...
by News Staff | Jan 25, 2018 | Obituaries
Venneida Lavalah Bryan 1927-2018 Venneida Lavalah Bryan was born August 29th 1927 in Arkansas and passed away peacefully surrounded by loving family on January 22nd 2018. Throughout her life Venneida travelled and held many different jobs in her journeys ranging from...
by News Staff | Jan 25, 2018 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy Tuesday’s meeting of the Inyo County/Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Technical Group started with grim news on the snow pack—34-percent of normal—and ended with a continued stand-off on the Well 385 pump test. Here are the highlights: Aqueduct...
