Sierra Wave: Eastern Sierra News
Eastern Sierra News for Bishop, Mammoth, Lone Pine, June Lake, Mammoth Lakes
A big-rig accident early Tuesday morning in Bridgeport killed a 33-year San Bernardino resident. According to a press release from the CHP, at approximately 3:45 A.M. Tuesday a solo vehicle traffic collision occurred on US 395, just north of the intersection with State Route 182, just south of Bridgeport. US 395 was closed, with a [...]
FOREST SERVICE PRESS RELEASE: BISHOP, Calif., May 10, 2013 – The Inyo National Forest announces a special opportunity for personal use fuelwood collection in the Mammoth Lakes Basin on the weekend of May 17-19, 2013. The area will open for fuelwood collection at 8:00 a.m. on these three days. All firewood collection activities must be [...]
UPDATE: US 395 re-opened at 3:40 pm ### MONO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE PRESS RELEASE: On the early morning of Tuesday, May 14, 2013, at approximately 3:45 am, Mono County Sheriff’s Dispatch received a 911 call regarding a possible explosion. A single big rig semi-tractor trailer had failed to negotiate the turn at Hwy 182 and [...]
The week of October 9-15, 2011 has been designated as National Fire Prevention Week. Fire Prevention Week was established to commemorate the Great Chicago Fire, the tragic 1871 conflagration that killed more than 250 people, left 100,000 homeless, destroyed more than 17,400 structures and burned more than 2,000 acres. The fire began on October 8, [...]
