by News Staff | Jul 11, 2017 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
Samantha Riesen, a 2015 Bishop High School graduate, will continue her softball career at West Texas A&M University. Riesen spent the last two years at the College of Southern Idaho in Twin Falls, earning an associate of arts degree and pitching for the Golden...
by News Staff | Jul 11, 2017 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy Two years after Inyo County’s Water Department was awarded grant funding for the study of a recycled water project in Big Pine, area residents will get a chance to help figure out what to use the water for at a town forum at 5:30 p.m. this Wednesday at...
by News Staff | Jul 11, 2017 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
AFSCME press release Response to Inyo County’s Press Release about Inyo County Employees Association Negotiations Inyo County Employee’s Association, Local 315 of the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, has been bargaining for a contract with...
by News Staff | Jul 9, 2017 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
Press release Several hundred people gathered on the grounds of the Eastern California Museum Monday, July 3, for the dedication of the Larry Peckham Memorial Engine House, the new permanent home of the fully restored Union Pacific Engine 18, The Slim Princess. The...
by News Staff | Jul 9, 2017 | Government Agencies/Utilities, Law Enforcement
Inyo County Sheriff’s Office press release On Thursday July 6th, 2017 the Inyo County Sheriff’s Office was notified by a group of Pacific Crest Trail hikers that a body was discovered approximately 300 feet off the Bishop Pass trail in a talus slope. The morning...
by News Staff | Jul 9, 2017 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
Schaeffer Fire Progresses East into Upper Rattlesnake Canyon July 9, 2017 Morning Update Acres Burned: 14,342 Structures Threatened: 13 Containment:...
by News Staff | Jul 9, 2017 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
USFS press release Forest engineers, including a Geotechnical Specialist, completed an assessment of the storm-damaged Reds Meadow Road thursday. This road, which accesses prized destinations such as Devils Postpile National Monument, Reds Meadow, and Rainbow Falls...
by News Staff | Jul 7, 2017 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities, Law Enforcement
By Deb Murphy Judge Brian Lamb denied the prosecution’s request for a change of venue in the Raymond Bencoma trial. Adhering to the requirement that retrials have to begin within 60 days of a mistrial, Lamb set the date at August 28 at the courthouse in Independence....
by News Staff | Jul 7, 2017 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
Press release The Inyo, Stanislaus and Plumas National Forest are seeking input for the proposed Mammoth Base Land Exchange. At this time, a Draft Environmental Impact Statement is available for public review. The Draft Environmental Impact Statement is available for...
by News Staff | Jul 7, 2017 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
Inyo National Forest shares plan direction for Sustainable Recreation and Aquatic-Riparian Resources The Inyo National Forest is finalizing its environmental impact statement and forest plan. To celebrate our progress, and prepare you for when we release the final...
by News Staff | Jul 7, 2017 | Obituaries
Hazel E. Miller was born July 2, 1923 at Wildrose Death Valley, California. To James Nevears and Minnie Cottonwood. She was a homemaker and lived most of her life on the Big Pine Indian Reservation. She is survived by her daughters, sons, and spouses; Evelyn Miller,...
by News Staff | Jul 7, 2017 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
Press release – Thursday, July 6 There was a lot of movement today to get things open, so here are a few updates. Mono County expects the Saddlebag Road to be open by end of business today (except some wet areas and some snow, but it is drivable). Inyo County...
