by News Staff | Jun 29, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Why did the Inyo Supervisors vote for raises that added up to $2 million without the money to pay for them? That’s the puzzler for many people as the Board and Administrator drag through cuts that sharply offend citizens and Department heads. Sierra Wave Media...
by News Staff | Jun 29, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
With possibly as many as a dozen law enforcement agents descending on a house in Lone Pine, the event did not go unnoticed by residents. Last Thursday, rangers and special agents of the BLM served a federal search warrant on a home in Lone Pine as part of an ongoing...
by News Staff | Jun 27, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
To: Inyo County Board of Supervisors From: Mo Monroe, Asst. Cook, Lone Pine Senior Center The rumor mill continues to churn out tidbits…here’s the latest I have heard. The Board of Supes has pretty much decided to “continue” the meals-on-wheels...
by News Staff | Jun 26, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Search and Rescue Team Operation: Aid to lost backcountry hiker On the morning of Monday, June 23rd, 2014, at approximately 8:00am, a female hiker from Florida was continuing on a multi-day solo backcountry backpacking trip. While traversing the Cascade Valley area,...
by News Staff | Jun 26, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Vandalism to vehicles parked on Hwy 203 For those carpoolers and others that park in the dirt lot on southbound Hwy 203, across from the chain-up area, please beware that several vehicles have been vandalized. On Tuesday, June 24th, 2014, at approximately 7:15am, a...
by News Staff | Jun 26, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Farmers Market in Independence Friday The next Southern Inyo Certified Farmers Market will take place on Friday June 27 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 | Jun 26, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
A Message from your County Librarian Many of you have read the news about the 27% budget cut the Inyo County Free Library experienced this year, and the additional proposed cuts being discussed for next year. There is no doubt that the draconian cut this year has had...
by News Staff | Jun 25, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Before Mammoth Police Chief Dan Watson’s arrival four years ago as Interim Chief, the Police Department had been plagued with a grand jury investigation, court incidents and bad publicity generally. When Watson was appointed as permanent Chief 7 months later in...
by News Staff | Jun 25, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
In memory of Michael Hamdorff. He was one of those souls you’re always fortunate to meet … positive, funny, charming, gregarious … the kind to which you take an instant liking. Taken too soon, his wonderful, joyous spirit will live on in our...
by News Staff | Jun 25, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Yesterday morning at 9:20AM Inyo County Sheriff’s Dispatch received notification that a SPOT device had been activated with the approximate coordinates of Little Whitney Meadow – west of Lone Pine in the high Sierra’s. Seth Baker, a 29-year old man out of...
by News Staff | Jun 24, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Inyo County Sheriff’s press release The Inyo County Sheriff’s Office has received reports that residents in Inyo County have been the recipients of fraudulent phone calls from a man who claims he is from the United States Department of Treasury, or the Internal...
by News Staff | Jun 24, 2014 | General Misc. Stories, Law Enforcement
Mono County Sheriff’s press release On the afternoon of Saturday, June 21, 2014, at approximately 3:10 pm, Mono County Sheriff’s Dispatch received a call regarding a mutual aid request from the Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Office for a stranded backpacker at the...
