by News Staff | May 28, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Jerry Horton 1943-2014 Jerry Horton, 71; Lifetime Big Pine resident Argus Jerald “Jerry” Horton, also known as Moon to good friends and family, passed away peacefully surrounded by family Thursday May 22, 2014. He was 71. Jerry was born March 18, 1943 at the...
by News Staff | May 28, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Having been to quite a few Candidate Forums in Mammoth Lakes this election season I found Tuesday’s event put on by the Mammoth Lakes Young Professional’s Group and Mammoth Forward to be the most informative, and the most entertaining (by far). The reason for...
by News Staff | May 28, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
On Saturday, 20-year-old Rhiannon Giselle Murphy of Bishop rolled her truck southbound on Sherwin Grade. The Highway Patrol said for an unknown reason her truck veered into the center divider and rolled several times. She died from traumatic injuries. Her family...
by News Staff | May 28, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Inyo County has big money problems. The tensions rose abruptly during a workshop when department heads differed over saving General Fund money and impacting people. Health and Human Services officials made a presentation to the Supervisors on how some programs could...
by News Staff | May 28, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
At an earlier Rotary Candidates Forum, Mono Supervisor Candidates were asked what options they see to reduce the $4.7 million County deficit and the County’s ongoing structural deficit. District 5 Candidate Kirk Stapp said that the County and CEO have worked...
by News Staff | May 27, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
A 20-year-old Bishop woman died in an accident on Sherwin Grade Saturday. The California Highway Patrol said they are continuing to investigate. What officers did say is that the woman, whose identity has not been released, was travelling southbond on Highway 395...
by News Staff | May 26, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
As the weather heats up and water pours down Bishop Creek drainage, officials from water and power agencies continue to meet and negotiate over a plan that will keep the creek and the lakes from running dry at summer’s end. That’s what happened last year,...
by News Staff | May 26, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Race Telecommunications of San Francisco has applied for many State grants to develop internet in underserved areas. The Public Utilities Commission will vote to possibly approve a $4.65 million grant to the company to build broadband in Crowley, Aspen Springs, Sunny...
by News Staff | May 26, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Monday afternoon, the Inyo Sheriff’s Department responded to a report of a paraglider crash with major injuries between the Black Rock Hatchery area and Division Creek Rest Area north of Independence and to the east of that area. Someone saw the red and white...
by News Staff | May 26, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Late Saturday afternoon, a couple and their dog flying over the Mammoth Lakes area apparently lost power but managed to maneuver what authorities called a controlled crash landing on Sherwin Creek Road. Reports said the aircraft, which was a Cessna, was unable to...
by News Staff | May 26, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
The Inyo Register and Independence Civic Club are co-sponsoring a Candidate’s Forum to be held on May 27, 2014 at 5:30 PM at the Bishop Senior Center in Bishop. Inyo County 1st District Supervisor candidates Bill Stoll, David Tanksley and Dan Totheroh have been...
by News Staff | May 24, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
On Thursday, May 22, 2014, at approximately 4:40 P.M., a California Highway Patrol (CHP) Bridgeport Area officer received a radio call from the CHP’s Bishop Communications Center, advising a Mono County Sheriff’s Deputy was following a possible DUI driver....
