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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, [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Town of Mammoth Lakes Update

 - Press release from the Town of Mammoth Lakes Town Manager Marianna Marysheva-Martinez’s Update: May 16, 2013: To the Town Council, Town staff, media and Mammoth Lakes residents and businesses: Below are highlights of noteworthy items from the past two weeks. Town Council: During the 5:00pm portion of the meeting, discussion of the Fiscal Year 2013-14 baseline budget continued. [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Letter to Sierra Wave: Saluting Inyo’s votes

- The following letter to Sierra Wave was written by Philip Anaya of Bishop: Dear Sierra Wave: (Tuesday) the Inyo County Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 with one abstention (Mark Tillemans) to not reduce the irrigation water for the Ranchers of the Owens Valley. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, in its request to [...]

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Prescription drug ‘take-back day’ a big success

- Following is a press release from Inyo County On April 27, the Inyo County Sheriff’s Department, Inyo Narcotics Enforcement Team (INET) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) gave Inyo County residents their first ever opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. [...]

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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 [...]

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Victim identified in fatal crash on 395

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 [...]

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‘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 [...]

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