by News Staff | Apr 10, 2014 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities
“Sleuth,” which premiered at the Edison Theatre last Thursday is a Tony award winning play written by Anthony Shaffer in 1970 that takes place in the English manor of an eccentric mystery writer named Andrew Wyke. Wyke, who has a morbid obsession with both murder and...
by News Staff | Apr 10, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
MAMMOTH LAKES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HOSTS TOWN COUNCIL CANDIDATES FORUM APRIL 15TH – Mammoth Lakes Chamber of Commerce will be hosting a formal debate with all 8 candidates. The event will also be broadcast live on Channel 18 and will be available to watch on...
by News Staff | Apr 9, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
On Tuesday, April 8, 2014, at approximately 3:30 PM, the California Highway Patrol Bishop Communications Center received a call of an erratic driver traveling on northbound US-395, near Tom’s Place. An officer assigned to the Mammoth Lakes Resident post located...
by News Staff | Apr 9, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
With the issue of large-scale solar development on the front burner, the Inyo Supervisors and Administrator took a look back on Tuesday to show the public where the County has been when it comes to solar regulation. That took them to an ordinance called Title 21. That...
by News Staff | Apr 9, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
When the Mammoth Town Council approved changes in the Zoning Code recently, they heard from Mammoth Fire Division Chief Thom Heller. He pointed out concerns about adequate parking requirements and potential shading of winter streets by tall buildings. Safety lies at...
by News Staff | Apr 9, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Historian Abe Hoffman Presents New Book About Mono Lake (Press Release – Eastern California Museum) Mark Twain offered a caustic assessment of Mono Lake, noting that its alkaline waters wouldn’t support any sort of life, be it fish, frogs, snakes or polliwogs –...
by News Staff | Apr 9, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
KSRW – Sierra Wave 1280 North Main St., Suite J Bishop, CA 93514 Subject: Clarification of Information in the April 2, 2014 Sierra Wave Media Article Titled “Water practices revealed” Significantly below normal snowpack runoff in the Eastern Sierra over the past two...
by News Staff | Apr 9, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
On the afternoon of Saturday, April 5th, 2014, at approximately 4:20 pm, Mono County Sheriff’s Dispatch received a call from some hikers reporting they had possibly located several bones that appeared to be human in the Casa Diablo Range area. Mono County Sheriff’s...
by News Staff | Apr 8, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
The drought hurt lots of businesses this winter but none so graphic as Mammoth Dog Teams where owner Jim Ouimet and his sled dogs took no runs at all this year of very little snow. The New York Times took an in-depth look with an article that ran April 4th. Writer Dan...
by News Staff | Apr 8, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Friends – Thanks to the 20+ members of the community and local agency representatives who showed up last Thursday to hear presentations on the potential relationship of our local water supply to the ORMAT project as well as a discussion on Mammoth Lakes...
by News Staff | Apr 8, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
(Press Release) Agents with the Inyo Narcotics Enforcement Team (INET) concluded a drug investigation in the Bishop area into the sales of methamphetamine. The investigation resulted in one arrest and the seizure of a large amount of drugs. On the evening of Friday,...
by News Staff | Apr 8, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
New Owens Valley Committee Board Investigates Lower Owens River Project (Press Release) Owens Valley Committee (OVC) is watching to ensure the goals of the Inyo/LA Water Agreement and its numerous mitigation projects are met. OVC members, including new Board...
