by News Staff | Jun 10, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
The Mallard ducks and their offspring hold a special place in the heart of Bishop people who see them try to navigate Main Street around City Park. This week, a mother duck and 10 babies ran into trouble with a storm drain. Lots of help came to the rescue. Quick work...
by News Staff | Jun 10, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Native American Alice Piper Honored with Statue By Charles James Recently, a new memorial statue was unveiled on the lawn outside of Big Pine High School to honor local Paiute heroine Alice Piper. It was 90 years ago in 1923 that the 15-year-old Native American...
by News Staff | Jun 9, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
(This is a letter written by the Owens Valley Committee to the Inyo-LA Technical Group by OVC VP, Daniel Pritchett) Inyo-LA Technical Group C/O Bob Harrington Inyo County Water Department PO Box 337 Independence, CA 93526 C/O James Yannotta Los Angeles Department of...
by News Staff | Jun 9, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Officials elected to County office take their seats in January of 2015, but the newly elected Mammoth Town Councilmen will go to work June 18th. John Wentworth, Shields Richardson and Colin Fernie will take office at the June 18th Town Council meeting, according to...
by News Staff | Jun 9, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
After a machine count and a hand tally, Inyo Clerk Kammi Foote concluded that the results in the District One Supervisor’s election remained the same – Dan Totheroh won the election by a majority. Foote explained that the election statute says that a...
by News Staff | Jun 9, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On June 6th, 2014 Inyo County Sheriff’s Dispatch received notification that 54 year old French national, Guy Brossart, had been located deceased after not returning to a tour bus following a brief stop at the Mesquite Dunes. According to...
by News Staff | Jun 9, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
On Saturday morning at Cedar Flat off Highway 168, 13 miles east of Highway 395, as many as 300 people walked through the famous radio astronomy observatory known as CARMA for the annual Open House. The weather was perfect. Locals and visitors, mostly ages over 60 and...
by News Staff | Jun 9, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
The Bishop City Council will sit down for a special meeting today at noon in the City Hall executive conference room. They will conduct a closed session regarding employment of a new City Administrator. Current Administrator Keith Caldwell announced earlier that he...
by News Staff | Jun 9, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
The now-formed Mammoth Lakes Recreation organization planned to hold a Board meeting this afternoon at 3pm at the Mammoth Lakes Tourism Conference Room, 2510 Main Street. The Board includes President Danna Stroud, Secretaary Rick Wood, Treasurer Jo Bacon, John...
by News Staff | Jun 6, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Conversation 75 of 100 Conversations About Water: Owens Valley DWP Leases and the Long Term Water Agreement Owens Valley Rancher Mark Lacey will be the featured speaker at Conversation 75 of Metabolic Studio’s One Hundred Conversations about Water. Lacey will...
by News Staff | Jun 5, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
The First District Supervisor race in Inyo County has turned into a nail-biter. The tally of absentee ballots and provisional ballots did bring the race down to Dan Totheroh winning by one vote instead of going to a run-off election with David Tanksley, but with such...
by News Staff | Jun 5, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Over the weekend, NBC National News aired a story that confirmed the accuracy of a local dog’s nose for cadavers. Former Mammoth Police Officer Paul Dostie and his Cadaver Dog Buster were called in to sniff out evidence related to the Black Dahlia case in the...
