by News Staff | Mar 20, 2015 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
What does an Eastern Sierra Wildlife Care volunteer do? Find out at ESWC’s free annual New Volunteer Orientation on Sunday, March 22, from 1-3 PM at the Center. As a non-profit organization, Eastern Sierra Wildlife Care depends on volunteers to keep things going. Some...
by News Staff | Mar 20, 2015 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities, Law Enforcement
On Wednesday March 18th, at about 9:45 p.m., Justin Alan PLATT, an 18 year old Mammoth Lakes resident was brought to the Mammoth Lakes Police Department by his father, to turn himself in for the Burglary at Mammoth Lakes Wellness. Mammoth Lakes Police Officers have...
by News Staff | Mar 20, 2015 | General Misc. Stories
By Deb Murphy Northern Inyo Hospital District’s Wednesday board meeting was rough. The board of directors and CEO Victoria Alexander-Lane seem to be taking incremental changes to smooth things out. But for NIH’s chief of staff, it may be too late. At the start of his...
by News Staff | Mar 20, 2015 | General Misc. Stories, Obituaries
A celebration of life will be held on Saturday, March 21st for Samuel Jacob Palu. Samuel was due to be born in June, but passed away on February 24th at UC San Francisco’s Mission Bay Hospital. Samuel is survived by his parents, Arnie and Kelliann Palu of...
by News Staff | Mar 18, 2015 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
By Deb Murphy Like swallows to Capistrano on March 19, trout anglers home in on Bishop and the Pleasant Valley Reservoir in mid-March for the Blake Jones Trout Derby. And this year was a stand-out. First, the weather was perfect: warm, sunny and, best of all,...
by News Staff | Mar 18, 2015 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy The only place water seems to show up in the Owens Valley lately is at meetings; it’s certainly not coming out of the sky. The Inyo County Supervisors approved the Water Department’s recommendation that irrigation allotments be reduced by 23 percent in...
by News Staff | Mar 18, 2015 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
– Press release Inyo County Superintendent of Schools is pleased to announce that Naiya Warren of Owens Valley School won first place at the 63rd Annual Inyo County Speech Contest held on March 12th at Jill Kinmont Booth School and sponsored by Coldwell Banker....
by News Staff | Mar 18, 2015 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
– Press release Bishop, CA— In a nation where one in four teens experiences dating abuse , teens in the Eastern Sierra are using their voices and creativity to highlight healthy relationships. For Teen Dating Violence Month teens submitted poetry and art on what...
by News Staff | Mar 18, 2015 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities, Law Enforcement
Mammoth Lakes Police Department officers had a lengthy foot pursuit on Monday afternoon before arresting a 21-year-old man from Texas. A press release from the MLPD states that Monday at about 3:40 p.m., Mammoth Lakes Police Officer Doug Hornbeck while on routine...
by News Staff | Mar 17, 2015 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy The partners to the 1997 Memorandum of Understanding that established marching orders for the Lower Owens River Project met last Tuesday to go over the latest set of conditions and concerns. All six parties have to agree to any change to the MOU and...
by News Staff | Mar 16, 2015 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
By Charles James The Inyo County Superintendent of Schools Office and the Inyo Council for the Arts are presenting a special “Evening with Robert Hanna,” the great-great, grandson of the legendary “Father of the National Parks,” John Muir, at the Lone Pine Film...
by News Staff | Mar 16, 2015 | General Misc. Stories, Obituaries
On March 13th 2015, Shirley Leone Davis was reunited in heaven with her loved ones; husband Emmett Davis, parents Sydney and Pearl Bacon, sister Dorothy, brothers-in-law Gene Davis, John Ed Davis and Jack Davis, grandchildren Michael Davis, Jerry Davis, Richard...
