by News Staff | Apr 15, 2018 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
Press release The Inyo National Forest welcomes Tammy Randall-Parker as the Forest Supervisor, who will start in her new position on April 30. Randall-Parker has 27 years of experience with the U.S. Forest Service. Most recently, she has served as the Ouray District...
by News Staff | Apr 15, 2018 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
Press release MONO COUNTY, Calif. – The 2018 Mono County trout fishing season officially kicks off on Saturday, April 28 this year and wraps up Nov. 15. Mono County is well known as an exceptional trout fishing destination, and the opening date has been dubbed...
by News Staff | Apr 15, 2018 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Mammoth Lakes, CA – Mammoth Lakes Recreation announced this week that it has appointed Catherine Taft to its Board of Directors. Taft brings a wealth of expertise in the arts, and specializes in modern and contemporary art, experimental film and video, and critical...
by News Staff | Apr 15, 2018 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
Press release The Bishop Area Chamber of Commerce recently teamed up with several local businesses to host a job fair designed to connect private and public sector employers with the best local candidates. The event was held at the Bishop Union High School Tech...
by News Staff | Apr 14, 2018 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
CalFire news release Bishop – On Saturday at approximately 3:37 p.m. a small brush fire ignited in the community of Bishop near East Line St. cross of Warm Springs Rd. The fire named “Warm Fire” ran along both sides of the Owens River, forward rate of spread was...
by News Staff | Apr 12, 2018 | Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy Ranchers, environmental groups, public agencies all showed up at Tuesday’s Mono County Board of Supervisors meeting looking for help in keeping 6,000 acres of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power grazing leases irrigated. The lands in Long and...
by News Staff | Apr 12, 2018 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy With time running out, Inyo’s Board of Supervisors opted to funnel grant funds to a shovel-ready project in Lone Pine rather than Big Pine’s Veterans’ Path. Supervisor Mark Tillemans agreed the funds had to go to the Lone Pine, but he wasn’t going to...
by News Staff | Apr 11, 2018 | General Misc. Stories
IN EARLY COUNT, SOUTHERN INYO HEALTHCARE DISTRICT’S MEASURE J SHORT OF GOAL As of 8 p.m. Tuesday evening, the Southern Inyo Healthcare District’s Measure J had fallen short of the required two-thirds, plus one, vote count. With 918 votes counted, 494 were yes votes,...
by News Staff | Apr 11, 2018 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Celebration and Remembrance of “Our Bonnie” Zwart Bonnie Marie Zwart, Bishop, California, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, daughter, sister and aunt joined loved ones passed before her on Saturday, March 24, 2018. Bonnie passed peacefully at...
by News Staff | Apr 11, 2018 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
LADWP news release April 10, 2018 Each spring, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) measures the Eastern Sierra snowpack and Mono Lake water elevation in order to determine runoff and export projections for the LA Aqueduct System. This year, LADWP...
by News Staff | Apr 11, 2018 | General Misc. Stories, Law Enforcement
Inyo County Sheriff’s Office news release On Tuesday, April 10 at about 11:18 am, Symon’s Ambulance was dispatched to the Tu Su Lane area regarding a male victim who reportedly accidentally stabbed himself. Inyo County Investigators and Bishop Police Officers...
by News Staff | Apr 9, 2018 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy Staff from Inyo County, the town of Mammoth Lakes and Mammoth Mountain Ski Area met with Federal Aviation Administration staff in Los Angeles in late March to go over the agency’s assessment of Bishop’s Airport Certification Manual. By all accounts, the...
