by News Staff | May 6, 2013 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities, Law Enforcement
Caltrans issued the following press release: Bishop – The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) would like to alert the traveling public that US Highway 395 from Mandich Lane to US Highway 6 will have lane closures this week from 9:00 pm to 7:00 am....
by News Staff | Apr 29, 2013 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Mammoth Lakes Police Department: ** NEWS RELEASE ** Motorists Urged to Use Caution The Deer are Migrating in Full Force The Mammoth Lakes Police Department would like to caution motorists to be extra alert for migrating deer on Highway 395 and Highway 203. Large...
by News Staff | Feb 1, 2013 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Thursday around 9pm, a 22-year-old Big Pine man sped away from a CHP officer, veered up Bir Road off South Barlow Lane, and at 80 mils per hour could not make a right hand curve. He flew off the road, struck numerous boulders, was ejected from his car which burst into...
by News Staff | Jan 27, 2013 | Government Agencies/Utilities
In the early afternoon Sunday as the wind picked up, fire broke out in heavy brush east of the Owens River and south of Warm Springs Road just south of Bishop. A huge plume of smoke was visible from Highway 395, and the Bishop Volunteer Fire Department rushed to the...
by News Staff | May 23, 2012 | Government Agencies/Utilities
UPDATE: BLM REPORTS THAT THE TOPAZ RANCH ESTATES FIRE IS NOW 100% CONTAINED. NO FURTHER STRUCTURES WERE DESTROYED AND NO DEATHS OR INJURIES. A more than 6,000 acre wildfire three miles east of Highway 395 near Topaz Lake has destroyed two homes and 17...