by News Staff | Dec 30, 2011 | Government Agencies/Utilities
On the morning of Wednesday, December 28th, 2011, at approximately 10:30, Mono County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch received a call regarding a downed paraglider in the area of the Mono Craters. Kern Barta, age 45, of Truckee, CA, was paragliding with a group of friends...
by News Staff | Dec 29, 2011 | Government Agencies/Utilities
The Bishop community mourns the tragic death of 26-year-old Kevin James Jarvis, who was a Bishop resident his entire life. He passed away on December 26th in Mammoth Lakes. Relatives and friends remember Kevin for his “kindness and sincerity.” The Mono...
by News Staff | Dec 28, 2011 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Forecast: The Owens Valley, Mammoth and Mono County By: Dennis Mattinson, Weather & Atmospheric Forecaster Sierra Wave Radio – TV – Online News www.easternsierraforecast.com WEDNESDAY 28-DEC-2011 Well as we head into the end of the year, its clear that this...
by News Staff | Dec 28, 2011 | Government Agencies/Utilities
In hard economic times, some Inyo citizens questioned the Board of Supervisors’ vote to give their County Administrator a roughly $1400 per month raise plus additional benefits. CAO Kevin Carunchio went to work for Inyo County in 2007. His contract allowed a...
by News Staff | Dec 28, 2011 | Government Agencies/Utilities
A ten-year resident of Bishop, Charles Joseph VanDeVoorde died on Christmas day. There were no local services announced. VanDeVoorde, according to friends, was found on Christmas morning in front of his J Diamond residence. He was a long time employee at High Sierra...