by News Staff | Jul 24, 2018 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy A little more than 24 hours after mud and rocks rolled down the mountainside covering sections of Hwy. 168 West above Aspendell, Inyo County and CalTrans crews were able to open a temporary lane freeing an estimated 50 vehicles parked at Sabrina and...
by News Staff | Jul 17, 2018 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Long time resident of the Owens Valley, Philip Edward “Pep” Partridge passed away Monday, July 9 at his home on Bishop Creek. He was 91 and the last of 9 siblings in a local pioneering family. Pep Partridge was born to Charles A. and Lena Partridge on March 12, 1927...
by News Staff | Dec 17, 2017 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
Press release In the cold light of an early winter morning, Lauren left her car at the closure on (168) and hiked in to the turnoff for North Lake. She was soon jogging the narrow path southward along Bishop Creek. Leafless shrubs and driftwood crowded the...
by News Staff | Oct 21, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Landscape season has mostly faded away, and the mood of homeowners in West Bishop has mostly faded too along with the water that flows down Bishop Creek from the upper lakes. Empty ponds in front yards, as one man put it, are ugly and the state of water flow is...
by News Staff | Apr 9, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
KSRW – Sierra Wave 1280 North Main St., Suite J Bishop, CA 93514 Subject: Clarification of Information in the April 2, 2014 Sierra Wave Media Article Titled “Water practices revealed” Significantly below normal snowpack runoff in the Eastern Sierra over the past two...
