by News Staff | Mar 5, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
UPDATE: Deb Pierrel filed her candidacy papers Thursday. The list of Mammoth Town Council candidates or potential candidates has taken a leap forward. Added to the five people who had pulled papers to run are now three more, and one of the eight has now officially...
by News Staff | Mar 5, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Two more candidates have thrown their hats in the ring for the upcoming Mammoth Lakes Town Council election. Local businessmen, Colin Fernie and Shields Richardson, made a unified statement by not only pulling papers together, but by carpooling to the Town Office to...
by News Staff | Mar 5, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Flu Winding Down (from Inyo-Mono Health Officer Dr. Rick Johnson) It appears that we are in the last few weeks of the 2013-14 flu season, as activity continues to decrease nationwide. That is good news, considering how severe this season has been compared to...
by News Staff | Mar 5, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
(Press Release) Caltrans Using Salt Brine to Rapidly Melt Ice, Snow on Eastern Sierra Highways and Make Winter Driving Safer Mixture of water and sea salt is 20 times more effective than salt alone, better for environment, and cost effective BISHOP – For the first...
by News Staff | Mar 5, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
From Lara Kaylor, Media Relations Manager, Mammoth Lakes Tourism- ASICS America is now the title sponsor of the local Mammoth Track Club, and the club will be known as the ASICS Mammoth Track Club going forward. Here is a link to an article about the change....
by News Staff | Mar 5, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
UPDATE: Late this afternoon the Mono County Sheriff-Coroner Department advised they had successfully notified the next-of-kin from this morning’s fatal traffic collision in the Mono City area (US 395 & Lundy Lake Road). The driver (deceased) was: Linda Sue Fulp,...
by News Staff | Mar 5, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Instead of worst ever, officials now call this year’s snowpack slightly better. The California Department of Water Resources snow survey team checked out conditions last week, and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power snow team measured conditions and...
by News Staff | Mar 5, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
The salary for a Mammoth Town Council member equals $300 per month and has since the Town incorporated in 1984. In a report from the Town Manager and Town attorney, the officials say that staff has received “several inquiries” about the possibility of an...
by News Staff | Mar 4, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
With five people who have pulled papers to possibly run for Mammoth Town Council, talk continues of still more potential candidates, and another long time council member has decided not to run again. Mayor Rick Wood had earlier said he would take time to consider a...
by News Staff | Mar 4, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
The revolution in the Ukraine now makes nightly news. President Obama has tried to convince Vladimir Putin to let the people in the Ukraine control their own lives, let them have freedom to join with Europe for economic reasons. At last report, President Putin has...
by News Staff | Mar 4, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
UPDATE: REVISED RELEASE LADWP and CAL Fire to Burn Rawson Pond as Part of Habitat Improvement Project Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) and CAL Fire crews plan to burn Rawson Ponds #2 east of Bishop on Monday, March 10. Burning will take place...
by News Staff | Mar 4, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Pile Burning in Devils Postpile Complete (Press Release) This joint fuel reduction project is located on both the Inyo National Forest and at Devils Postpile National Monument near Reds Meadow in non-wilderness areas. Between February 18-20, Inyo National Forest...
