by News Staff | Feb 8, 2015 | Fire, General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities, Law Enforcement
The Van Dyke Fire has been mapped at 450 acres and is 75% contained. The fire is in grass and sage fuels and has received measurable moisture. More rain and snow is in the forecast in the next few days. Fire crews are improving fireline today and mopping up lingering...
by News Staff | Feb 6, 2015 | Fire, General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
UPDATE: 9:30 AM The Round Fire: Acres: 7,000 – 30 percent contained 20 structures and outbuildings destroyed (preliminary county) 200 personnel; 47 engines; 29 fire crews, two bulldozers One injury to firefighter due to smoke inhalation Significant rain stopped...
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 4, 2014 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
Dear Supervisors and Planning Department: As I will not be the Great Basin Air Pollution Control Districtí’s Air Pollution Control Officer on December 30, 2014, the date of the rescheduled hearing on the Eastern Sierra ATV Adventure Trails Project, I am...
by News Staff | Nov 19, 2014 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
– Press release from Eastern Sierra Recreation Collaborative Thanks to all of you for taking the time and making the effort necessary to join forces with folks from the Eastern Sierra and beyond to draft a framework for a Recreation Strategy for use by the...
