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April 15th, 2013
March 22 event got international attention
A deluge of white dust that blanketed the Owens and Long Valley region this past Sunday was not from China’s Gobi—unlike the white haze that hit the region three weeks ago Friday.
Both local and federal air pollution measurement instruments traced the thick white haze on March 22 to the Gobi Desert. A dust storm there had also been plaguing the Chinese city of Beijing a few days earlier.
Park has only eight days to plow Tioga Pass before Memorial Day holiday
Threats that the sequester might slow down efforts to open Tioga Pass appear to be true after Yosemite National Park officials acknowledged this week that a $2.4 million cut to the park’s budget includes cuts to snow removal.
April 12th
Janine Porges (white Helmet) and Ingrid Braun (black helmet), race side by side on the final day of competition in the Village Championships.
U. S. Ski Team’s Steve Nyman flies off of “Hair Jump” during the WR FIS Elite Speed Series held at Mammoth. Nyman and other USST athletes including Stacey Cook will be taking part in the Mammoth Invitational, April 11-14.
Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?: A Theatre Review
As endings go, it would be hard to top Mammoth’s local theatre company.
The Mammoth Lakes Repertory Theatre (MLRT) ends its season with a fiery explosion in the form of the expletive-laced, tremulous relationship between George and Martha in Edward Albee’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”
By
Mike Gervais, Special to the Times
Investigators with the Inyo County District Attorneyâs Office arrested two residents Thursday afternoon in connection with alleged embezzlement at Inyo County Health and Human Servicesâ welfare office.
Health and Human Resources Manager Dawndee Rossy, 46, of Bishop, has been charged with two counts of grand theft, 34 counts of identity theft, two counts of embezzlement, one count of possession of controlled substance, one count of welfare fraud and four counts of criminal conspiracy.
Promises snowmaking, replacement lift for J1
Mammoth Mountain CEO Rusty Gregory this past week promised big changes at June Mountain Ski Area after it re-opens for the next ski season.
County citizens lob everything from solar energy to algae blooms at supervisors
County residents hit their county supervisors Tuesday with a blizzard of suggestions designed to make the county function better and to bring an ever-increasing number of people into the county.
It was all part of a county-sponsored workshop, and the ideas flew fast and furious.
By
George Shirk- Times Managing Editor
‘We need the Mono Monsters,’ says Hunt
An unusual alliance among the Eastern Sierra Land Trust, Mono County, and Caltrans this past week paved the way toward solving a series of complex issues that has prevented Conway Ranch from building a state-of-the-art fish hatchery.
At a breakthrough meeting of the Mono County Fisheries Commission in June Lake on Monday, April 8, commissioners reached consensus on a proposal whereby the Eastern Sierra Land Trust would oversee environmental protections on a 75-acre parcel of land.
April 9th
Bridgeport building could be first pilot project
It seems a shame, with more than 300 days of sunshine, that Mono County buildings don’t take advantage of solar power more often, according to at least one county supervisor.
That supervisor, Larry Johnston, has been trying to change this over the past two years of his term, bringing solar energy to meetings again and again.
Finally, his efforts may pay off.
Consultants neglect to talk to critical groups, county supervisor says
A controversial report on the county’s emergency medical system was still causing consternation at the Mono County Board of Supervisors dais this week, even though the report is long done.
A breakdown in communication with Town of Mammoth still problematic
Mono County and the Town of Mammoth Lakes have been dancing around each other over the issue of garbage for many years.
On Tuesday, the Mono County Board of Supervisors, for the first time, indicated it might be willing to “take out the trash” alone, if need be—even if it means raising parcel fee rates.
Proposals to limit horseback rides, roadside parking on Tioga Pass Road alarm county
When Yosemite National Park decided to do a new management plan for the Tuolumne River region, Mono County residents took notice.
About 25 percent of the millions of annual visitors to Yosemite National Park arrive there via the Tioga Pass Road, making the road, which begins near Lee Vining, one of the county’s most critical roadways.
By
George Shirk, Times Managing Editor
Four-day event will feature ‘Gran Fondos’ on roads, mountain
The band-new Kamikaze Bike Games, a five-day event scheduled for the first week of September, will add several new features to some familiar events.
Apart from bringing back mountain bike racing on Mammoth Mountain for the third time since 2005, the Sept. 4-8 festival this year folds in the stalwart Sept. 7 High Sierra Fall Century road bike ride, with a “Gran Fondo” twist.
April 8th
Snowboarder Chelone âChillyâ Miller, a 29-year-old Mammoth transplant from New Hampshire and the brother of skier Bode Miller, died on Sunday, April 7, according to Mono County Sheriffâs authorities.
Miller âwas found unresponsive in his van in the Mammoth Lakes area at 12:45 p.m.,â the Sheriffâs Office said in a news release.
âMono County paramedics, Mammoth Lakes Fire Department, Mammoth Lakes Police Department and Mono County Sheriffâs Deputies were dispatched to the scene.
âUpon arrival, it was determined that Miller was deceased.
