by News Staff | Feb 4, 2015 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
– Press release from the Manzanar Committee LOS ANGELES — On February 3, the Manzanar Committee reiterated its opposition to any large-scale, industrial renewable energy development in the Owens Valley, especially that which would intrude upon the viewshed of...
by News Staff | Jan 2, 2015 | General Misc. Stories, Obituaries
Benett Kessler, one of the most recognized and trusted journalists in the Eastern Sierra for a generation, has died. She was 65. Kessler died Jan. 2 in Northern Inyo Hospital after battling cancer for more than three years, her close friend Scott Clark, a physician at...
by News Staff | Dec 24, 2014 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
By Charles James If you “love the night life”… and you “gotta’ boogie on the disco ‘round”, oh yeah,” well then you would have really loved the Independence Civic Club’s 10th Annual Fruitcake Festival held last weekend at the American Legion Hall. Despite the...
by News Staff | Dec 10, 2014 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
– Press release TENTH ANNUAL INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED INDEPENDENCE FRUITCAKE FESTIVAL “SATURDAY NIGHT FRUITCAKE FEVER” Come to Independence on December 13th for a Disco-themed party honoring the venerable and timeless fruitcake. Disco balls, chest hair and...
by News Staff | Nov 5, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Water customers in Lone Pine and Independence have not received water bills for about four months since Inyo County gave up Owenyo Services operating the systems and contracted with the company of Wilder-Barton. Now, many fear they will receive four months’...
