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Dennis Mattinson’s Weather Forecast

Forecast: Owens Valley, Mammoth and Mono County By: Dennis Mattinson, Weather & Atmospheric Forecaster SierraWave Media: Radio – TV – Online News FRI MAY 03 2013 Quite warm today (10+ degrees above normal) followed by cooler air Sunday and much of next week, as a cutoff low will set up camp over California. This system [...]

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Dennis Mattinson’s Weather Forecast

Forecast: Owens Valley, Mammoth and Mono County By: Dennis Mattinson, Weather & Atmospheric Forecaster SierraWave Media: Radio – TV – Online News FRI APR 19 2013 Chamber of Commerce weekend coming up. Temperatures will continue an upward swing through the weekend and into early next week. All due to a stationary Rex-Block in the Pacific [...]

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Dennis Mattinson’s Weather Forecast

Forecast: Owens Valley, Mammoth and Mono County By: Dennis Mattinson, Weather & Atmospheric Forecaster SierraWave Media: Radio – TV – Online News WED APR 17 2013 Upper trough that caused the light snow and windy conditions pushed thru Nevada late yesterday and is now over the Utah/Colorado border. Heck we even got dusting over the [...]

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Dennis Mattinson’s Weather Forecast

Forecast: Owens Valley, Mammoth and Mono County By: Dennis Mattinson, Weather & Atmospheric Forecaster SierraWave Media: Radio – TV – Online News FRI APR 05 2013 Dry weather today and tomorrow with partly cloudy skies as flat ridging takes hold. Now for Sunday and Monday, things have changed a little. The low we talked about [...]

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Mammoth Mountain Receives First Snowfall of the Season

Mammoth Mountain issued the following press release: Winter has returned to Mammoth Mountain with a recent storm that dropped 19 inches of powdery goodness on the mountain. Only three months after the lifts stopped running last season, Mammoth has returned to its familiar snowy state. A storm rolled into the area on Tuesday night and [...]

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It’s official: More winter air flights to Mammoth

Mammoth Lakes Tourism has been touting new winter flights from Orange County and San Diego, and it became official Tuesday. Mammoth Mountain issued the following press release: Mammoth Lakes – Beginning this winter, San Diego and Orange County residents will have easy access to world-class skiing and snowboarding thanks to United Airlines’ new non-stop service [...]

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Mammoth Hospital: A full-circle story

By Gary D. Boyd, MPH CEO, Southern Mono Healthcare District Recently I was invited to dinner at couple’s home, who happen to be music lovers, in honor of a young woman, who happens to be connected to the music industry. The connection for me was the young woman, who I’ll call Amy, was involved in [...]

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Bears

Town of Mammoth looks for unique wildlife signage on Hwy 203

Every year, motorists hit and usually kill dozens of deer and bears in the Mammoth Lakes area. Concerned citizens and local officials want to see new wildlife crossing signs on Highway 203 to give drivers fair warning. A sign proposal that does not match accepted Caltrans signs was rejected. Mammoth Police Chief Dan Watson said [...]

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Andrew Sochinski

Mammoth Chamber of Commerce Ambassador Grand Prize Winner

Andrew Sochinski won the Mammoth Lakes Chamber of Commerce Ambassador Grand Prize last Wednesday evening when his name was pulled from a hat of 14 Ambassador Award Winners by Mayor Skip Harvey at the April 17 Town Council Meeting. Andrew is a floor supervisor at The Rafters. His exceptional and personalized service is well known [...]

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Bureaucrat Beat: Cell phone lies, comedic digs, and gifts

Added to the other lies of trickle down economics and the check’s in the mail, AT&T has proclaimed that if they can buy up T-Mobile service will improve generally. Oh, really. When the U.S. will have only two cell phone providers? One step from monopoly? That’s not what the rest of the world has experienced. [...]

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Pet Skunked? ICARE Responds

De-Skunking Your Pet” by Lisa Schade, ICARE It’s that time of year again and ICARE has been getting lots of reports from pet owners whose pets are getting “skunked.” What is the best way to get that smell out? Forget about tomato juice! Here’s a home-made potion that really works. As with any de-skunker, it’s [...]

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Legislation For Off Highway Recreation in Inyo

Local off road enthusiasts are working on a plan that would help visitors enjoy the Owens Valley and surrounding areas by quad, rhino, or jeep. The plan is to map out routes that visitors can use to link campgrounds to dirt roads and trails into popular areas like Coyote Flat and the Alabama Hills. With [...]

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