by News Staff | Jan 15, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
As bank customers switch to the internet and smart phones to do bank business, brick and mortar banks lose transactions. In the case of the Bank of America in Mammoth Lakes, officials say this trend has led to plans to close the branch May 2nd. Letters that explain...
by News Staff | Jan 15, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
The town of Mammoth Lakes and Mammoth Mountain Ski Area (MMSA) held their Regular Liaison Committee Meeting on Monday, January 13, 2014. The meeting took place in the boardroom at Main Lodge with Mammoth Mountain CEO Rusty Gregory sitting at the head of the table. ...
by News Staff | Jan 15, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
46-year-old Ingrid Braun sees a disconnect between the Mono Sheriff’s Department and the communities they serve. “It’s an us versus them mentality,” she said. Braun hopes her run for Sheriff will change that. The former LAPD Lieutenant and...
by News Staff | Jan 15, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
The California Highway Patrol Investigative Services Unit plans to submit a report on the alleged embezzlement at the Tri-County Fairgrounds to the Inyo District Attorney this month. In late August, reports circulated that money might be missing from Fairgrounds...
by News Staff | Jan 14, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
At the Bishop City Council meeting Monday – news on a new court building, a new dispatch contract with Symons Ambulance, and a tie-vote on legislation that would ban plastic bags. First the court building. The Administrative Office of the Courts explained to the...
by News Staff | Jan 14, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Whether to rely on a consultant or not is the puzzler members of the Mammoth Town Council face in their move to hire a permanent Town Manager. Wednesday night they will consider hiring a consultant to help them, but they may not. At past meetings, council members had...
by News Staff | Jan 14, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
A surprise announcement topped the Bishop City Council meeting Monday night. After he filled the Council in during a closed session, City Administrator Keith Caldwell announced in public that he would leave his job and Bishop at the end of September. Caldwell...
by News Staff | Jan 14, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
UPDATE 1-17-14: Shermy was reported to have been found last night at Plasses resort. Reports also said suspects were using the cat to burglar over 35 cabins at Silver Lake Resort. Reported to be under investigation. Stolen Snow Cat $2,000 reward, 1983 DMC 1450...
by News Staff | Jan 14, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
UPDATE: Mammoth Mayor Rick Wood said Suzanne Stokes “was a mentor without knowing it. She always communicated positive energy.” PRESS RELEASE: The CHP reported that 86-year-old Suzanne Stokes of Mammoth Lakes was killed in a head-on collision south of...
by News Staff | Jan 14, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
RE: Recent MONET Activity in the Walker/Coleville area Written and reported by: Jennifer M. Hansen, Public Information Officer Within the past few weeks, the Mono County Narcotics Enforcement Team (MONET), with the assistance of the Mono County Sheriff’s Office, has...
by News Staff | Jan 14, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Draft Economic Analysis Available on Proposed Critical Habitat for Three Sierra Amphibians (press release) Sacramento – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) released a draft economic analysis of its proposal to designate 1,831,820 acres of critical...
by News Staff | Jan 14, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
ANNOUNCING: KRISTINA BLÜM WINS TITLE MISS CONGENIALITY AT MISS CALIFORNIA USA 2014 PAGEANT IN LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA (news release) Kristina Blüm, 22, of Bishop, California, was born with the genetic condition of albinism and is legally blind. She was...
