by News Staff | Sep 19, 2017 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy Inyo residents showed their support for area dreamers at a rally in Bishop City Park Wednesday evening. The crowd of more than 150 included supporters of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals as well as those impacted by the policy initiated by the...
by News Staff | Sep 18, 2017 | General Misc. Stories
Press release Riverside—Presiding Justice Manuel A. Ramirez has announced that “Outreach Plus” will take place in Inyo County on Thursday, September 21, 2017. Under this innovative court-community outreach program, the appellate justices will hear oral arguments and...
by News Staff | Sep 18, 2017 | General Misc. Stories, Law Enforcement
Inyo County District Attorney news release On September 13, 2017, Kenneth Rossy, husband of Dawndee Rossy, entered pleas of no contest to two counts of felony violations of Revenue & Taxation Code sections 19706, failure to file California Income Tax returns for...
by News Staff | Sep 18, 2017 | General Misc. Stories
By Deb Murphy Rovana/Pine Creek Village Off the Sewer Hook Pine Creek Village, familiarly known as Rovana, is officially off the hook with the State Water Resource Control Board and in compliance with staffing regulations at its waste water treatment operation. More...
by News Staff | Sep 14, 2017 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
News release Bishop’s Fire Chief Ray Seguine has announced his intention to retire effective December 30, 2017. Seguine, who has served the citizens of the Bishop area since December 27, 1999 said, “My wife Karye and I have achieved retirement eligibility...
by News Staff | Sep 14, 2017 | Obituaries
BETTY GILLESPIE 1920-2017 Private graveside services for life-long Bishop resident Mary Elizabeth “Betty” Gillespie, 97, will be held Friday, September 22 at 11:00 a.m. at the West Line Street Cemetery. Following the private services, an open celebration of life will...
by News Staff | Sep 14, 2017 | Law Enforcement
News release from Mono County District Attorney’s office During the early evening of September 7th, defendant Amelia Markarian, age 65, of Mammoth Lakes, was driving northbound on Highway 395, just south of Highway 89 in Mono County. Due to her intoxication she...
by News Staff | Sep 14, 2017 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
Press release Mammoth Lakes — Recently, Mammoth Lakes Tourism (MLT) took home a Destiny Award for Best Destination Website in the country at U.S. Travel Association’s Educational Seminar for Tourism Organizations (ESTO). The DMO beat out destinations such as...
by News Staff | Sep 14, 2017 | Fire
USFS news release Fire crews are responding to nine fires, all that appear to be lightning-caused, throughout the Inyo National Forest. All the fires are ¼ of an acre in size or less. All have low potential for growth since the area received wetting rain with the...
by News Staff | Sep 14, 2017 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
The State of the Inyo, current as of 9/13/17 Mono Lake Ranger District Roads open: Monitor Pass (Hwy 89), Sonora Pass (Hwy 108), Tioga Pass (Hwy 120 W), Saddlebag Lake Rd., Bodie (Hwy 270), Lundy Canyon, Panum Crater, Hwy 120 E (Benton), June Lake Loop (Hwy 158),...
by News Staff | Sep 13, 2017 | General Misc. Stories
Press release On August 30, 2017, the U.S. Small Business Administration declared Inyo County a contiguous county eligible to receive low interest Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL’s), as a result of economic impacts caused by flooding due to extreme snow melt that...
by News Staff | Sep 13, 2017 | General Misc. Stories
By Deb Murphy Inyo’s Board of Supervisors knows all about a range of land designations and the restrictions that come with those designations. So, when the Supervisors held a workshop on the pursuit of an Archaeological District nomination for the Owens Lake, they...