by News Staff | Jan 10, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
(press release – Inyo Water Dept.) A public meeting to discuss the current findings of environmental conditions present within the Lower Owens River Project, and adaptive management recommendations made in response to those findings, will be held at 8:00 AM, on...
by News Staff | Jan 10, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Cottage Food Producer Information and Sign-up Workshop (press release) Owens Valley Growers Cooperative is hosting a hands-on sign-up workshop for Cottage Food Producers wishing to produce Cottage Food to sell adjacent to the Independence and Lone Pine Farmer’s...
by News Staff | Jan 10, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
The latest check on who has taken out papers to run for office reveal a race for Inyo District Attorney and a race for Mono Sheriff. Appointed DA Tom Hardy has taken out papers to run and now so has his Assistant Joel Samuels. Samuels had earlier submitted his name as...
by News Staff | Jan 10, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Early last year, former Los Angeles Police Department officer Ingrid Braun, who lives in Mammoth Lakes, had gone to work for the Mono County Sheriff’s Department. The deputy who trained her rated her above average, but Sheriff Ralph Obenberger terminated her one...
by News Staff | Jan 10, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Department of Water and Power General Manager Ron Nichols has resigned amidst controversy over two organizations that he and the DWP Union Chief co-managed for the past three years. Those groups spent $40 million over ten years with no explanation on how the money was...
by News Staff | Jan 9, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
“You’ve got to be a special person to live on the Eastside,” remarks Mammoth Town Planning Commissioner Elizabeth Tenney as she sits in her Mammoth Lakes living room. Elizabeth was the driving force behind the award winning Gateway Monument Project and is now bringing...
by News Staff | Jan 9, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
In a memo that takes a preliminary look at wells that dried up in West Bishop, Inyo Water Director Bob Harrington concluded at the end of December that “the recent declines in the water table are due to lack of recharge from surface water conveyances.”...
by News Staff | Jan 9, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Mammoth Lakes Tourism adds Lara and Laura to its team (press release) Lara Kaylor named Media Relations Manager; Laura Brinker named Marketing Assistant Mammoth Lakes, Calif. (January 8, 2014) —Mammoth Lakes Tourism has added two new members to its team, and chances...
by News Staff | Jan 8, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Eastern Sierra Avalanche Center holds annual Season Kickoff Event (Press Release) Mammoth Lakes, Calif. – Dig into winter by attending the Eastern Sierra Avalanche Center’s annual Season Kickoff Event and Fundraiser on Saturday, January 11, 2014. Sharpen your...
by News Staff | Jan 8, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
A recent local case involving a wolf-dog hybrid animal caught the attention of Inyo Sheriff Bill Lutze. He has focused on the possibility of a new ordinance. An incident in Lone Pine drew attention to the possibility of a wolf-dog which attacked another dog. State law...
by News Staff | Jan 7, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Mammoth Community Water District Comments on Dry Winter Conditions (Press Release) The well-below normal snowpack levels reported by the first snow surveys of 2014 were of no surprise to anyone that spends time enjoying winter recreation or anyone at Mammoth...
by News Staff | Jan 7, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Visitor numbers were up in Mammoth Lakes last year, and crime went down. After police issued crime and traffic statistics for 2013, we talked to Police Chief Dan Watson who is not taking credit for the crime reduction. The Chief said that any police chief who takes...
