by News Staff | Apr 30, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
After many years of service to the Mammoth Lakes community, the Bank of America will shut its doors on Friday. That announcement came out after the first of the year. Colleen Haggerty of Bank of America Media Relations had said that after careful consideration, bank...
by News Staff | Apr 30, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Another consequence of drought conditions – the Lower Owens River. As per the agreement on the re-watering of the river, a 50% or less dry year means zero seasonal flushing flows for the river. The normal flow will continue, but the periodic spring flow of 200...
by News Staff | Apr 30, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Suspicious Incident On Tuesday April 29th at about 5:30 pm, a report was made to the Mammoth Lakes Police Department regarding a male who attempted to get a young girl into his car. The 11 year old female said she was walking home from the library on Meridian Blvd at...
by News Staff | Apr 30, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
UPDATE – The Rotary Club is looking forward to hosting this Forum. Details about the event and format follow. The Forum will be in Mammoth Lakes Suite Z in the Minaret Mall and will start at 5 PM on Wednesday, April 30th. It will be televised on the Mammoth...
by News Staff | Apr 29, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
(See County press release at the end of our story) Inyo and Los Angeles officials agreed on Tuesday to a proposed resolution of a many years-long dispute over groundwater pumping and plant death on more than 300 acres in the Blackrock Hatchery area north of...
by News Staff | Apr 29, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Bishop Police to Re-Examine 1996 Missing Persons Case (Press Release) On February 3, 1996, Jennie M. Wyckoff, age 90, was discovered missing from High Sierra Manor, which was located at 371 S. Warren St. Workers at the Facility immediately notified the Bishop Police...
by News Staff | Apr 29, 2014 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities, Sierra Wave Videos
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife held an angler and hunter checkpoint again this year, taking place Monday south of Bishop at the truck scales. CDFW officers stopped vehicles southbound on US Highway 395 and asked if they’d been fishing or...
by News Staff | Apr 29, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
On Saturday April 26, 2014, at approximately 3:40pm, California Highway Patrol (CHP) dispatch received a cellular 911 call from a female subject stating she was on a mountain and has a broken leg. CHP dispatch informed Inyo County Sheriff’s dispatch of...
by News Staff | Apr 29, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Mammoth Fire, Mammoth Police Dept., and Mono County Paramedics responded to an early morning structure fire at 14 Vacation Place in Mammoth Lakes. First arriving fire units found the second floor, of an approximately 1800 sq. ft. house, fully involved. Neighbors...
by News Staff | Apr 28, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Stop! In the Name of Fish & Wildlife! By Charles James 28 April 2014 A lot of people do not like being stopped at checkpoints regardless of the reason, especially when they have not done anything wrong. But according to California Fish and Wildlife, the...
by News Staff | Apr 28, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Search and Rescue Team Operation: Missing Person (press release) At dusk, on the afternoon of Thursday, April 24th, 2014, at approximately 6:05 pm, Mono County Sheriff’s Dispatch received a call regarding a potential missing person outside the Town of Mammoth Lakes,...
by News Staff | Apr 28, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Three California Amphibians to Get Federal Protections under the Endangered Species Act (Press Release) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announced today that three amphibians native to the Sierra Nevada will be given protections under the Endangered...
