by News Staff | Dec 27, 2013 | Government Agencies/Utilities
CHP BRIDGEPORT OFFICE SUPERVISOR TO RETIRE AFTER OVER 24 YEARS OF SERVICE (CHP press release) Providing safety, service, and security throughout the state, is something you hear about California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers doing on a daily basis. However, have you...
by News Staff | Dec 26, 2013 | Government Agencies/Utilities
In ten years, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power wants the Benton Crossing landfill to shut down. DWP owns the land there. That means Mammoth Lakes and Mono County would have no dump. When the Mammoth Town Council last met, they did vote to move ahead with...
by News Staff | Dec 26, 2013 | Government Agencies/Utilities
The result of low snow and ultra-warm temperatures in Southern California? Lots of no-shows in Mammoth Lakes. According to Mammoth Lakes Tourism’s town occupancy reports, lodging reservations are down over last year. The Department notes that these figures are...
by News Staff | Dec 26, 2013 | Government Agencies/Utilities
CHP HIGHLIGHTS NEW LAWS AFFECTING MOTORISTS (Press Release) SACRAMENTO, Calif. – With the New Year just around the corner, the California Highway Patrol is reminding motorists of several new laws or changes to existing law that goes into effect in 2014. The...
by News Staff | Dec 26, 2013 | Government Agencies/Utilities
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (ICSO press release) The Inyo County Sheriff’s Office has three in custody after arrests was made on December 25th following a traffic stop about a mile north of Independence. Early on the morning of the 25th an Inyo County Sheriff’s Deputy...
by News Staff | Dec 25, 2013 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Nine-year old Madeleine Morrison, know as “Maddy” to her friends and family, made a very grown-up decision recently when she chose to help ICARE with their “Raise the Roof—a Cause for Paws” campaign to build a new Animal Shelter and Pet...
by News Staff | Dec 24, 2013 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Influenza Health Alert – From Public Health Officer Dr. Rick Johnson In the last week, we have seen a definite increase in the presence of influenza in our community. A number of rapid influenza lab tests have been positive, and several visitors have been seen...
by News Staff | Dec 24, 2013 | Government Agencies/Utilities
The Los Angeles Times has encapsulated the recent move by the National Park Service to put a halt on runs and cycling events through Death Valley. The Badwater Run organizer, Chris Costman, had recently talked to the Inyo Supervisors about asking Congress to...
by News Staff | Dec 23, 2013 | Government Agencies/Utilities
(CHP- Bridgeport Press Release) On Sunday, December 22, 2013, at approximately 2:00 P.M., a CHP officer assigned to the CHP Bridgeport Office made a traffic stop on a white, 2009 Chrysler 300 for multiple vehicle code violations on US-395, northbound, just south of...
by News Staff | Dec 23, 2013 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Inyo County and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power signed the Long Term Water Agreement more than 20 years ago. They started talking about a “re-greening” project east of Independence in 1988. DWP recently got around to that project area and one...
by News Staff | Dec 23, 2013 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Mammoth Medical Missions was presented with a Resolution of the Board of Directors Southern Mono Healthcare District (SMHD) at the board meeting held on December 19, 2013 in honor of their “extraordinary work to safeguard and rescue the people of the Philippines from...
by Dennis Mattinson | Dec 23, 2013 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
FORECAST: Owens Valley, Mammoth and Mono County FROM: Dennis Mattinson, Weather and Atmospheric Forecaster HTTP://www.395travel.com / SierraWave Media: Eastern Sierra News MONDAY Dec 23 2013 Upper ridge of high pressure remains off the California Coast this morning....
