- Forest Service press release: Inyo National Forest plans to open several popular high-country popular destinations for the Memorial Day Weekend. The Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest Visitor Center, Reds Meadow and the Upper Mammoth Lakes Basin areas will all be opening for the weekend. Because this is an unusually dry season, these areas are free [...]

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Mono, Inyo Supervisors Announce Appointments
- Press release from Mono County Mono County, Calif. – On Tuesday, May 21, the Mono County Board of Supervistors announced its selection of Jim Leddy as the new Mono County Administrator. The selection follows an extensive recruitment process begun in January and guided by the Board’s efforts to strengthen strategic planning for the county. [...]

Mammoth Hospital Offering Certified Athletic Training
- Mammoth Hospital Press Release As part of a commitment to deliver excellent, compassionate health care services for our residents and visitors, Mammoth Hospital is now donating the services of a certified athletic trainer to increase safety for Mammoth High School student athletes. Athletic Trainers are health care professionals who specialize in the prevention, diagnosis, [...]

MCWD Tour set for this Friday
The Mammoth Community Water District is offering a tour; open to all, for the first time. MCWD is providing this tour as a way for customers to get a better understanding of what the District does to serve the Mammoth Lakes community. We will begin at 11:30 at the Mammoth Community Water District, 1315 Meridian [...]
Mammoth Town Hall Meeting on Friday
- PRESS RELEASE FROM THE MAMMOTH LAKES POLICE DEPARTMENT The Mammoth Lakes Police-Community Hispanic Advisory Committee has finalized plans for the next Town Hall meeting scheduled for Friday, May 24 at 4:30 p.m. The Town Hall meeting will be held in the Emerald Room at the Grand Sierra Lodge, 1111 Forest Trail. Presentations will be [...]

Book signing for local author Kathleen Haun
Bodie was just hitting its stride in 1880 as a wild and lawless mining camp that was trying to become a little more of a civilized town. That tumultuous year and the famed gold mining town is the setting for “No Trees for Shade: Bodie, California, 1880.” The tale of Bodie is the fourth work of historical [...]
Fiesta de Lone Pine on Saturday
This Saturday, May 18th is the 12th Annual Fiesta de Lone Pine, sponsored by the Lone Pine Economic Development and Healthy Communities of Southern Inyo County. The fun-filled day for the family will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at Spainhower Park and features live music, food, artists, exhibits, games and activities for [...]
Letter to Sierra Wave from LADWP
- The following letter was written by James G. Yannotta, Manager Of Aqueduct, Los Angeles Department of Water Power: The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) is providing this letter to the editor in response to the May 5, 2013 Sierra Wave story titled “Inyo officials concerned about environment, water agreement” because the story includes [...]

LADWP landscaping going ‘water wise’
- Following is a press release from the LADWP: The Inyo-Mono Master Gardener Program and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power are partnering to implement a series of xeriscape garden beds at the LADWP Administrative Office on Mandich Street in Bishop. Over the next few months the Master Gardeners and LADWP will [...]

Bishop’s Mitton advances to CIF-SS golf finals
Sean Mitton, a sophomore at Bishop Union High School, has qualified for the CIF-SS Golf Championships with an excellent round earlier this week. Below is BUHS assistant golf coach Dan Raftevold’s summary of events from Monday’s event: The first round of CIF Golf for Individuals was held on Monday, May 13, 2013. Assistant BUHS Golf Coach [...]

‘Watershed’ to screen in Mammoth, Independence
A film with local ties, Watershed, will be show twice this week in the Eastern Sierra, free screenings Thursday in Mammoth Lakes and Friday in Independence. The local tie is Forrest Pound, who grew up in the Owens Valley and is a former employee with us here at Sierra Wave – we talked to Forrest [...]

Janet Jarvis Earns DAISY Award
Press release from Mammoth Hospital: – By Ehren Goetz, Public Relations Coordinator Mammoth Hospital nurses were honored recently with The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses. The award is part of the DAISY Foundation’s program to recognize the amazing efforts nurses perform every day at a luncheon held May 7th at Mammoth Hospital. Out of eight [...]
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University Peak (to the left), as seen from the largely still frozen Gilbert Lake, on 28April2013. Photographer Andrew Kirk said it was his intent "to balance sky, mountains, frozen lake, and thawed lake."
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