by News Staff | Jan 15, 2015 | Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy A light at the end of the Lower Owens River canal began to shine after 4-1/2 hours of presentations and discussions Wednesday in Independence. As the packed Board of Supervisor chambers began to empty following the Lower Owens River Project Annual Report...
by News Staff | Jan 12, 2015 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy While the Lower Owens River Project showed promise in the early rush of water down the channel, progress has slowed and conditions are trending in the wrong direction. The historic river restoration project is caught between nature and project management...
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 10, 2014 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
By Deb Murphy The Lower Owens River Project, the most ambitious river restoration ever attempted, did not come with an owner’s manual. There is no guide to bringing a high desert river back to life after 100 years of dormancy. The closest thing to an owner’s manual...
by News Staff | Dec 9, 2014 | General Misc. Stories
By Deb Murphy Monday’s meeting of the Los Angeles/Inyo County Standing Committee began with a pessimistic report on snow pillow numbers and ended in a love-fest focused on County Supervisor Linda Arcularius on the occasion of her last committee meeting. “You’ve been...
