by News Staff | Sep 28, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
The sharp differences of opinion continue in Mammoth Lakes over Ormat Geothermal’s plans to expand its operations. Mammoth Community Water District officials are not reassured by a recently released monitoring plan by Ormat. In response to that plan, water...
by News Staff | Sep 28, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Check out the history below, and get all the details for the current festival here – http://www.lonepinefilmfestival.org/ 25 years ago local hotel owners Kerry and Ray Powell teamed with author/historian Dave Holland along with a group of Lone Pine business and...
by News Staff | Sep 28, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
9/30 – Grand Finale “EASTSIDE KNOW-HOW” Series FREE! Inspired by the TED “Ideas Worth Spreading” flash talks, the EASTSIDE KNOW-HOW: How to…” talks are windows into the lives of creative, self-reliant Eastern Sierra locals who have an abundance of talent,...
by News Staff | Sep 27, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Check out the first dusting of snow on Mammoth Mountain at mammothsnowman.com. Video too.
by News Staff | Sep 27, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Kammi Foote, Inyo County Clerk, announces that Monday, October 20, 2014 is the last day to register to vote for the November 4, 2014 General Election. Registering to vote has been made easier thanks to the latest phase of an online voter registration application. ...
by News Staff | Sep 27, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Although it was a closed issue last spring, now published reports talk about what the City of Bishop might have saved contracting for law enforcement with the Inyo Sheriff. A final amount of savings, the Sheriff said, was never determined because the study was never...
by News Staff | Sep 26, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
U.S. Geological Survey scientists continue to monitor the Mammoth Lakes area where a swarm of some 500 smaller magnitude quakes have rocked the area around Mammoth Airport. Scientists say the swarm poses no immediate danger. No damage has been reported. Residents say...
by News Staff | Sep 25, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Lone Pine Farmers Market The next Owens Valley Certified Farmers Market will take place on Friday September 26 at the Metabolic Studio IOU Garden, Main St @ Willow, in Lone Pine, between 4 and 7pm. This Friday’s market will feature tomatoes, melons, stone fruit,...
by News Staff | Sep 25, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
While Eastern Sierra residents consider the news this week that Mammoth Mountain has agreed to buy Bear Mountain and Snow Summit, some wondered what it would all mean to the local communities. We posed that question to Mammoth Mountain CEO Rusty Gregory. He said,...
by News Staff | Sep 25, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Mammoth Lakes Man Sentenced for enticement of a 14-year-old SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gene Wayne Harris, 42, resident of Mammoth Lakes, California, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. to 15 years, 8 months in prison, to be followed...
by News Staff | Sep 25, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Search and Rescue Team Operation: Aid to lost hunter On the evening of Monday, September 22, 2014, at approximately 8:30PM, Mono County Sheriff’s Dispatch received a 911 call of a report of a lost hunter near Poison Creek. Two hunters began a deer hunting and camping...
by News Staff | Sep 25, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Update: The Ball Mountain Fire is 75% contained at 25 acres, thanks to excellent efforts by firefighters. Ball Mountain Fire Update The Ball Mountain Fire is holding at 25 acres this morning and is 20% contained. The fire is burning in pinyon and brush. The fire was...
