by News Staff | Jun 16, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Tuesday, the Inyo Supervisors will consider restructuring of the County Library and Museum departments. Members of the public continue to return to the fact that County officials approved more than $2 million in employee raises without the funds available to pay for...
by News Staff | Jun 16, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Some 25 years ago, the Inyo Supervisors decided to let the Department of Water and Power transfer towns water systems to Inyo County under the Long Term Water Agreement. Ultimately, the County hoped Community Service Districts in Lone Pine, Independence and Laws would...
by News Staff | Jun 16, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
This week, the Mono Supervisors will work on the new fiscal year budget. They scheduled a special meeting for a Budget Workshop today at 9am in Bridgeport. Their regular agenda Tuesday calls for a vote on the recommended, but not final, 2014-2015 budget. The...
by News Staff | Jun 15, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
On Sunday, June 15, 2014, at approximately 2:51 A.M., California Highway Patrol (CHP) Bishop Communications Center received a call for assistance from the United States Marine Corp Mountain Warfare Training Center Police Department (MWTC-PD). MWTC-PD was requesting...
by News Staff | Jun 14, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Wounded Warrior Camp Hits New Heights By Andy Geisel Disabled Sports Eastern Sierra’s Eighth Annual Wounded Warrior summer camp, known as Operation High Altitude, was filled with excitement and exhilaration. This year’s camp was held June 2-6, and was...
by News Staff | Jun 14, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
On Friday, June 13, 2014, at approximately 11:50 A.M, Mr. Walter Shaw, age 60 of Hobbs, New Mexico, was riding a 2002 Honda Goldwing motorcycle and traveling northbound on US Highway 395 at an unknown speed. Mr. Shaw was traveling at a speed that did not allow him to...
by News Staff | Jun 12, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
(Press Release) Town of Mammoth Lakes Echoes Community Groups’ Mounting Concerns Regarding Ormat’s Proposed Casa Diablo Geothermal Project’s Impacts Community Groups Speak Out Amidst Threat to Water Supply during Severe Drought Mammoth Lakes, CA – Mammoth...
by News Staff | Jun 12, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
An Important Message for Inyo County Voters he Inyo County Elections Office is excited to announce that they were one of five counties selected nationwide to participate in a pilot project to launch a new election website. ELECTricity, a program of the New Organizing...
by News Staff | Jun 12, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Experience the best of summer with the Recreation Department. Download this week’s edition of Recreation This Week (Click on link) or follow us onFacebook. Around Town…The Monster Energy Mammoth Motocross returns June 20, and the second annual Mammoth Half...
by News Staff | Jun 11, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Metabolic Studio to host “IOU THEATRE” A series of radio plays in Lone Pine this summer starting June 15, 2014 at 7pm WHY: Since 1914 Los Angeles has been exporting water from the Owens Valley. Metabolic Studio has been working to transform resources into...
by News Staff | Jun 11, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
With a third drought in a row, Mammoth Wildlife Officer Steve Searles describes the current conditions as more like August than June, in terms of dryness and lack of natural food for the bears. Searles called it “uncharted territory.” He’s concerned...
by News Staff | Jun 11, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
According to the President of the Bishop Creek Water Association, Southern California Edison has refused to hold back water in the upper lakes this summer because the Department of Water and Power won’t give Edison a letter saying it’s okay to do so....
