by News Staff | Oct 8, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
CAL FIRE Lifts Airtanker Safety Stand Down Sacramento – Earlier today the National Transportation Safety Board notified CAL FIRE that their investigation into the Tanker 81 accident has found no structural failures or aging aircraft issues involved in the crash....
by News Staff | Oct 7, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
The October 6th trial date for Ken and Dawndee Rossy was vacated as the court waits for Ms. Rossy to obtain new counsel. This Bishop couple faces charges of embezzlement of $1.5 million in Inyo County welfare funds. According to public record, last month, Michael...
by News Staff | Oct 7, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
MONO AND INYO COUNTY TOP LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS URGE A “NO” VOTE ON PROPOSITION 47 The Sheriffs and District Attorneys of Mono and Inyo Counties, and the Police Chiefs of Mammoth Lakes and Bishop have come together to urge voters in both counties to vote “NO” on...
by News Staff | Oct 7, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
On Monday, October 6th at approximately noon Agents with the Inyo Narcotics Enforcement Team (INET) contacted Felis Luis Landa Jr. (age 26) of Bishop, Kevin Douglas Elliott (age 24) of Big Pine, and Alberto Verdugo Flores (age 30) of San Diego in the parking lot of...
by News Staff | Oct 7, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Overdue Hikers Found Forwarded on behalf of SEKI Searchers located two missing hikers in a remote area of Kings Canyon National Park late in the afternoon on Wednesday, Oct. 1. Rommel and Marisol Pompa are in good condition. Five rescuers assisted the couple Wednesday...
by News Staff | Oct 7, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
A contributing writer to NBC News, Linda Carroll, has examined the conflict between Mammoth Community Water District and Ormat Geothermal. Her story appears online. The Water District shared the information in what they are calling the “In Case You Missed It...
by News Staff | Oct 6, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
TRAFFIC FATALITY IN MAMMOTH LAKES On Sunday, October 5 at approximately 5:40 pm Mammoth Lakes Police Officers and Mono County Paramedics responded to the scene of a solo motorcycle traffic collision on Meridian Blvd. near Valley Vista Drive. Both the driver and...
by News Staff | Oct 6, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Last week, reliable, off-the-record sources revealed that the top three managers at Bishop Care Center no longer work there. We contacted corporate headquarters, the Plum Company, and were promised an executive would get back to us. That never happened. We called the...
by News Staff | Oct 2, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
From: John Poimiroo <[email protected]> Date: Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 2:31 PM Subject: California Fall Color Report – 10/2/14 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE General Summary Bishop Creek Canyon in the Eastern Sierra is the place to be in California this...
by News Staff | Oct 2, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Farmers Market in Independence Friday! The next Owens Valley Certified Farmers Market will take place on Friday October 3 at the Owens Valley Growers Cooperative in Independence between 4 and 7 pm, on the corner of Edwards St. (Route 395) and Kearsarge. This week’s...
by News Staff | Oct 1, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Members of the Great Basin Air Pollution Control District Board were surprised when three Mammoth Community Water District Board members showed up at a recent APCD meeting in Alpine County and said they were holding a special meeting of their own right then and there....
by News Staff | Oct 1, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
MLPD ADDS NEW POLICE OFFICER On October 1, 2014, the newest member of the Mammoth Lakes Police Department was sworn in by Police Chief Dan Watson. Officer Robin Henry will fill the vacancy created by the retirement of longtime MLPD Officer Luke Schwarzkopf, who will...
