by News Staff | Jul 23, 2017 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
One more preview: Updating the Inyo National Forest’s Species of Conservation Concern List Press release Today we’re sharing proposed updates to the Inyo National Forests’ species of conservation concern (SCC) list. This “preview” comes as the Inyo completes a...
by News Staff | Jul 23, 2017 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
Press release It’s starting to look like summer. All forest campgrounds and roads are open on the Whitney and White Mountain Ranger Districts. Everything is open up north except for Agnew Meadows Campgrounds and Saddlebag Lake Campgrounds. Also attached is a link to...
by News Staff | Jul 20, 2017 | General Misc. Stories
UPDATE Press release At approximately 1:45pm Mrs. Solomon was located by CHP H-82, south-east of Baker Lake on a rocky bench between Baker Lake and Hidden Lake. She had positioned herself in area that was open and was waving her jacket as the helicopter approached....
by News Staff | Jul 20, 2017 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
Press release The weekend of July 15th and July 16th Inyo County Search and Rescue team participated in three successful high-altitude rescue missions. The first SAR mission involved a man stuck on a cliff near Dragon Peak, above Independence. While descending a steep...
by News Staff | Jul 19, 2017 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
Press release The Inyo National Forest and Devils Postpile National Monument announce that the Reds Meadow Valley Road will open on Friday, July 21 at 8:00 am. This road received storm damage after the substantial snowpack from this winter and the subsequent melt-off...
by News Staff | Jul 19, 2017 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
Press release Shizuko Okazaki’s parents put her and her sister to bed in their Manzanar barracks the night of September 24, 1942. The next morning, the girls awoke to find their mother dead and their father taking his last breaths. Fred Okazaki had murdered his wife...
by News Staff | Jul 19, 2017 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
US Forest Service press release We have your next preview of the Inyo National Forest’s final environmental impact statement and forest plan. Today we’re sharing the updated wild and scenic rivers (WSR) eligibility study. Previously we shared updated plan direction...
by News Staff | Jul 19, 2017 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
Press release During the week of July 16th through the 22nd, 2017, people across the United States and Canada will join together to recognize the work that probation, parole, and community supervision professionals do for our public safety. This year, the theme is...
by News Staff | Jul 19, 2017 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
Press release Presentation at the Eastern California Museum focuses on ‘California’s Deadliest Earthquakes’ California is unique for many reasons, but its history of one-of-a-kind, deadly earthquakes is a feature that virtually every resident has either experienced or...
by News Staff | Jul 19, 2017 | General Misc. Stories
Stage 1 Health Advisory Affected Communities: Mono and Alpine Counties Smoke Source: Detwiler Fire Based on air pollution levels at the Ranchos PM2.5 monitor in Gardnerville, NV (operated by Nevada Division of Environmental Protection) from midnight to 9:00 am PDT...
by News Staff | Jul 18, 2017 | Obituaries
Sandra L. Ferrey — 1936-2017 Graveside funeral services for beloved wife and mother, Sandra Lee Ferrey, 80, a resident of Bishop for more than 58 years, will be held Friday, July 21, 10:30 a.m. at the East Line Street Cemetery. Father Doug Walker of Santa Rosa...
by News Staff | Jul 17, 2017 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
By Charles James July 1 was a free fishing day in California and dozens of anglers, young and old took advantage of it at the Big Pine Fishing Derby which was held on Saturday, July 1. Anglers registered in the parking lot of Country Kitchen Restaurant starting at...
