by Community Reports/Events | Mar 25, 2021 | Bishop City Council, Bishop Police Department
Speaking to the Bishop City Council on Monday Night, March 22, Acting Police Chief Josh Ellsworth previewed a new service the department is using, called RapidSOS, to keep better, more accurate information while on 4-1-1 and 9-1-1 calls coming from cell phones for...
by Community Reports/Events | Mar 25, 2021 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities, News Releases, State of California
Designed to cut small businesses a little slack on size of fines and give them leeway to fix a problem before issuing a fine. The Small Business Fairness Act (SB 430), introduced by Senator Andreas Borgeas (R–Fresno), was approved by the Senate Business and...
by Community Reports/Events | Mar 24, 2021 | General Misc. Stories
It was reported that local artist and man of many talents and achievements, Skandar Reid, died after a sudden illness several days ago and was found dead at his home in Bishop by concerned friends. It is hard to find the words to describe Skandar in just a few words....
by News Staff | Mar 24, 2021 | California Highway Patrol, General Misc. Stories, Law Enforcement, News Releases
(Note: Sierra Wave News wanted to share this horrendous accident with our listeners and readers that happened yesterday, March 23, 2021, in the San Joaquin Valley. It is a reminder of just how dangerous the job of our California Highway Patrol Officers can be. Our...
by News Staff | Mar 23, 2021 | News Releases, Sports
Ruth Watterson, the secretary and public information officer for the Eastern Sierra Little League Softball tells Sierra Wave that they are planning to have a season this year starting in April. They are currently holding sign-ups through email and DocHub. BE SURE TO...
by News Staff | Mar 23, 2021 | Business, Election, News Releases
The Bishop Area Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau (BACCVB) has several positions open for the upcoming Board of Directors election. All current member business owners, or their designated representatives, are eligible to run for a seat on the board. The...
by News Staff | Mar 22, 2021 | Obituaries
Audrey passed away on Sunday March 14th in Bakersfield, California at age 84. She was born on the February, 17 1937 in Broken Bow, Nebraska to Ora Tockey (1895-1958) and Florence Reed Tockey (1898-1986). Audrey was widowed at age 50 with the death of her husband Frank...
by News Staff | Mar 22, 2021 | General Misc. Stories
Joy Engblade, MD MMM FACP, has accepted the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) role for the Northern Inyo Healthcare District. In this new role, Dr. Engblade will engage, align, and act as a liaison between the District medical staff and its administration. She will also...
by Community Reports/Events | Mar 22, 2021 | General Misc. Stories, Inyo County, News Releases, Press Release
PLEASE JOIN the Inyo County Planning Department will be holding a public workshop for the 2021 General Plan Housing Element update to provide information, answer questions and take comments and suggestions. Counties in California are required to have General Plans to...
by News Staff | Mar 22, 2021 | Federal government, General Misc. Stories, Governor's Office, Inyo County, News Releases, Press Release, State of California, Weather
This will likely come as no surprise to most of those living in Inyo and Mono counties. On March 19, AgnetWest.com posted a story on U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack designating 50 of 58 counties in California as being primary natural disaster areas because...
by Deb Murphy | Mar 19, 2021 | LADWP
March 27, 2021: Deb Murphy Our reporter Deb Murphy has long covered water issues here in the Owens Valley and Eastern Sierra. We asked her for some perspective on the latest news about Mono County and the Sierra Club’s successful lawsuit against the Los Angeles...
by Community Reports/Events | Mar 18, 2021 | Corona Virus, Federal government, General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities, News Releases, Public Health, State of California
Good news for taxpayers who may be feeling a bit overwhelmed with all the changes and disruptions brought about in their lives because of the Covid pandemic. Last-minute changes in the federal tax laws also contributed to the need for a delay. The Treasury Department...
