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 [...]
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Dog license, vaccination clinic in Mammoth
Press release: TOWN OF MAMMOTH LAKES DOG LICENSE/VACCINATION CLINIC JUNE 1 It’s time to renew Town of Mammoth Lakes dog licenses for the upcoming fiscal year. Join us for our annual license sale/vaccination clinic in the Police Department parking lot on Saturday, June 1 from 4 to 5:30 pm. If your dog does not need [...]
MONET arrests three on drug charges
Following is a press release from the Mono County Sheriff’s Department: The Mono County Narcotics Enforcement Team (MONET), along with the assistance of Mono County Sheriff’s Deputies and Mono County District Attorney Investigators, concluded several warrant investigations in the Town of Mammoth Lakes. On the afternoon of Friday, May 3, 2013, Benjamin Schoenfeld, age 31, [...]
Draft main street project plan due out in September
Main Street in Mammoth Lakes. To more than a few it’s not too attractive and remains pedestrian unfriendly. Over the years, officials and citizens have come up with plans to improve the street, but nothing much has ever happened. The Town of Mammoth now has the start of another plan. A Draft Implementation Plan will [...]
Gregory disspells Vail rumors
Persistent rumors that Vail Resorts will conclude a deal to buy Mammoth Mountain Ski Area prompted a call to Ski Area CEO Rusty Gregory. He said he is not sure where the rumors are coming from and that “There is no offering by Vail and no deal in the works.” Gregory said he knows the [...]
No chromium-6 in Mammoth water
Officials at Mammoth Community Water District point to the latest water quality report for the Mammoth water supply on their website and explained to customers that dangerous chemicals have been a problem in many areas of the nation’s water supply but not in Mammoth Lakes. In a press release, District officials say that the public [...]
Mammoth woman attacked while walking home
EARLY MORNING SEXUAL BATTERY IN MAMMOTH – MLPD PRESS RELEASE On Wednesday morning, February 20 at approximately 1:40 am, a 21 year old female resident of Mammoth Lakes and three friends had just left The Tap bar. They separated in the parking lot and the victim began walking southbound on Manzanita towards her residence when [...]
Fire south of Bishop draws crews from five agencies
In the early afternoon Sunday as the wind picked up, fire broke out in heavy brush east of the Owens River and south of Warm Springs Road just south of Bishop. A huge plume of smoke was visible from Highway 395, and the Bishop Volunteer Fire Department rushed to the scene. Eventually, firefighters from many [...]
Mammoth’s John Teller skis to victory in France
John Teller made a nice day in Mammoth Lakes even a little brighter. Teller cruised to a victory in the freestyle World Cup ski cross event Wednesday in Megeve, France, sparking a celebration thousands of miles away in the Eastern Sierra. Teller grew up and lives in Mammoth Lakes, and the buzz around Mammoth Chevron, owned by [...]
Edison power outage in Bishop
A couple of weeks ago, Southern California Edison shut down power in parts of Mammoth Lakes during the day to perform maintenance on equipment. Wednesday, Edison plans to shut off power all night to a large number of Edison customers in Bishop. Dan Brady, Edison Public Affairs Manager, said that the company sent out mailers [...]
Mono DA says Mammoth police cuts will have “negative consequences”
Mono County’s top prosecutor has officially gone on record in a written memo to say that the Mammoth Town Council’s plan to cut seven police officer positions will result in “nothing but negative consequences.” (See entire memo below story.) Mono District Attorney Tim Kendall sent that memo to the Mammoth Town Council October 23rd. In [...]
Time for Mammoth people to weigh losses
The past year has kept Mammoth Lakes residents mostly in the dark about negotiations over the lawsuit judgment debt. Now, Town officials say they want to hear from people on proposed plans to cut seven police officers and six other employees along with the closure of Whitmore Park and Pool – this, to raise $2 [...]
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