Whitney Portal Road Reconstruction information
US Forest Service press release The Whitney Portal Road Reconstruction is planned for the 2016 season under a funding request from Inyo County. The road will be re-paved and needs significant repairs...
View ArticleNorthern Inyo Hospital: Gold Seal of Approval, Leadership Academy
Press releases from Northern Inyo Healthcare District BISHOP, CA – Northern Inyo Healthcare District (NIHD) announced that Northern Inyo Hospital (NIH) has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of...
View ArticleDeath Valley: ‘Scotty’ and wildflowers
Press releases Death Valley, CA –The Metabolic Studio IOU Radio Players will be performing Death Valley Scotty live at the Furnace Creek Visitor Center in Death Valley National Park, on January 30,...
View ArticleHigh Sierra Energy Foundation awarded grants
Press release Mammoth Lakes, CA – The High Sierra Energy Foundation is one of a select number of community-based organizations across the state that have been awarded grants to develop and implement...
View ArticleTickets on sale today for Mule Days, ‘Chicago’
Press releases The countdown to the 2016 Bishop Mule Days Celebration is underway! Tickets for this year’s event go on sale Monday, February 1, 2016 on the Mule Days website at www.MuleDays.org or at...
View ArticleInyo/LADWP Technical Group meeting today
By Deb Murphy The Eastern Sierra got either a peak of or another tease from the promised Godzilla El Nino over the weekend, but this week it will be the politics of water at center stage. The...
View ArticleInyo Supervisors revisit Forest Plan documents
By Deb Murphy The Inyo County Board of Supervisors hasn’t taken a stand on the new Wilderness Areas proposed in the Inyo National Forest Plan, but they did approve of the process used to arrive at the...
View ArticleIdeas flow at Bishop business workshop
By Deb Murphy After Wednesday’s two-and-a-half hour business workshop hosted by the City of Bishop and attended by an estimated 80 residents, one thing is sure: there are plenty of ideas on how local...
View ArticlePublic workshop on Mammoth-Yosemite Airport
Press release Mammoth Lakes, CA – On Wednesday, February 3, 2016 in Suite Z (above Starbucks) at 4:30 p.m., the Mammoth Lakes Town Council will be conducting a special workshop regarding Mammoth Lakes...
View Article‘Arch of Honor’ for Wounded Warriors on Thursday
Press release For the ninth consecutive year, Disabled Sports Eastern Sierra (DSES) and Mammoth Mountain Ski Area (MMSA) will host Wounded Warriors Operation Mountain Freedom from February 1 – 5, one...
View ArticleRose Bracken wins Inyo County Spelling Bee
Press release Superintendent of Schools Terry McAteer is pleased to announce that Rose Bracken from Bishop Elementary School won first place in the Inyo County Spelling Bee, sponsored by Altrusa....
View ArticleOHV grant funds open house set for Feb. 11
Press release BISHOP, Calif. – The Inyo National Forest and the Bishop Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management will hold an open house February 11 to gather public ideas for requesting...
View ArticleInyo, DWP at standoff over gravel pit wells
By Deb Murphy The opening public comment portion of Monday’s Technical Group meeting set the stage for what is often a cursory meeting of the minds of Inyo County and Los Angeles Department of Water...
View ArticleDawndee Rossy offered plea deal: 8 years in state prison
By Deb Murphy Today, on what would have been the first day for witness testimony in the Dawndee Rossy embezzlement trial, Inyo County District Attorney Tom Hardy offered Rossy a plea deal of eight...
View ArticleUpdate on Sierra snowpack
By Deb Murphy The reference to Sierra snowpack in Monday’s Tech Group story was misleading. The 115 percent was pulled from a Los Angeles Times article of January 28, noting the numbers from the state...
View ArticleInyo Supervisors talk Standing Committee meeting
By Deb Murphy The Inyo County Board of Supervisors were set to send their representatives to the County/Los Angeles Standing Committee meeting with direction on agenda items. Only problem: the agenda...
View ArticleThe Rotary Club of Bishop welcomes new members
Press release Yvonne Karzenstein, Ph.D. transferred her membership from the Bishop Rotary Sunrise Club to The Rotary Club of Bishop in January of this year. Janet Guglielmino, Yvonne Karzenstein and...
View ArticleMono County Office of Education honors graduates
Press release Mono County Office of Education is proud to announce the January 2016 graduates. Anna Guererro On Wednesday, January 13th, there was a graduation ceremony at Lee Vining Community Center...
View ArticleUpdate: Rossy declines settlement offer
By Deb Murphy Today, Dawndee Rossy turned down the settlement offer of eight years in state prison made Wednesday by Inyo County District Attorney Tom Hardy. Rossy is on trial for allegedly embezzling...
View ArticleNew Tribal Officers elected at Fort Independence
Press release On January 6, 2016, a set of candidates campaigning on a platform of open communication and government transparency was voted into office at the Fort Independence Paiute Tribe. Longtime...
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