by News Staff | Mar 28, 2019 | General Misc. Stories
By Deb Murphy Practicality went head to head with Bishop City ordinances at Monday’s Council meeting; practicality, in this case Grocery Outlet’s 70-square foot sign on a 25-foot pylon at the corner of Hwy. 6 and Wye Road, won. The argument made by the corporation’s...
by News Staff | Feb 28, 2019 | General Misc. Stories
By Deb Murphy One thing nobody every taught us in Civics classes was how long and how entangled with red tape government projects actually are. Take for example, the City of Bishop’s Seibu to School Bike Path, included in Inyo County’s Collaborative Bikeways Plan in...
by News Staff | Feb 1, 2019 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy Monday’s Bishop City Council meeting started with Mayor Jim Ellis’ emotional announcement that former City Manager Jim Tatum had passed away over the weekend. He called for a moment of silence, but it will take more than a moment to fully understand that...
by News Staff | Jan 25, 2019 | General Misc. Stories
By Deb Murphy The purchase agreement for 3.5 acres of land at Spruce and MacIver streets has been accepted at the staff level of both the City of Bishop and the Los Angeles Department of Power. Monday, that agreement heads to the City Council. The land is earmarked...
by News Staff | Nov 15, 2018 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy Mono Board of Supervisors After Ron McMartin and Layton Peterson finished a bidding war on the Mono County-owned property at 71 Davison in Mammoth Lakes, the Mono Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to reject the market value bids, ending at $185,000,...
