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April 12th, 2012
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news and analysis by Wendilyn Grasseschi – Mammoth Times Staff Writer
RAW: US Highway 395 is closed to both north and southbound traffic in Inyo County near Division Creek Rest area. The highway was closed at approximately 5:00 am this morning and remains closed due to a traffic
collision involving two semi-trucks. Division Creek Rest Area was also closed as a precaution. A detour around the area is being utilized to move the traveling public.
Will update as new information becomes available.
Source: Caltrans
April 10th
The Northern Mono Chamber of Commerce will be sponsoring a “Candidates Night” on April 12 at 7 p.m. at the Antelope Valley Community Center.
The Candidates for County Supervisor, District 4 will be there; Meadowcliff Resort owner Tim Fesko, Bridgeport Inn owner Bob Peters, and business owner and former Mono County Planning Commissioner Jan Huggans,
This is the time for you to ask those important questions before you vote on June 5th.
Refreshments will be served by the Northern Mono Chamber of Commerce.
April 9th
The Mammoth Lakes Foundation’s mission is to support higher education and the arts in the Eastern Sierra and has done so vigorously since its birth in 1989 under the guidance of Dave McCoy and a small group who shared his vision.
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Lesley-Ann Hoxie – Mammoth Times Intern
UPDATE LADWP and Mammoth Community Water District agreed today to hold future court hearings over DWP's claims to Mammoth Creek water in Mono County instead of Fresno, as requested recently by DWP.
(The issue is the two lawsuits against the water district wherein DWP claims that the department owns the water rights to Mammoth Creek that Mammoth uses).
April 6th
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George Shirk/Times News Editor
It has been four years since The Big Idea floated down from Mammoth Mountain Ski Area.
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George Shirk/Times News Editor
Outgoing Councilman Skip Harvey says the Town Council is doing Mammoth’s citizens wrong by insisting on closed meetings that deal with the impending settlement of the $42 million MLLA judgment.
Digital 395 will finally break ground this month—but probably not in California, according to Praxis Associate CEO Michael Ort, the private-side developer for the project.
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George Shirk/Times News Editor
If you didn’t know what was happening, skiers on Mammoth Mountain last Tuesday might have thought it was 1976 all over again.
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George Shirk/Times News Editor
I am counting the toes on Fido's hind legs.
"One-two-three-four," I said. "One-two-three."
A former Bridgeport Eastern Sierra Bank manager, Roxanna Foley, was arrested Thursday on suspicion of felony embezzlement.
On Thursday, April 5, Mono County Sheriff’s Department Investigators, in conjunction with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), served several warrants in the Bridgeport area in regards to possible embezzlement from the Eastern Sierra Community Bank in Bridgeport.
Roxanna Foley, 51, of Bridgeport, former bank branch manager of Eastern Sierra Community Bank, was arrested for felony embezzlement.
April 5th
The Bodie Road, or S.R. 270, is scheduled to re-open at noon today. As is often the case this time of year, the opening is dependent on favorable weather. If the area is impacted by inclement weather, Caltrans may have to re-close the highway. Please check local highway conditions by calling 511 before you begin your travel.
Enough with the silence
April 10, 2012
No one wants to talk about it.
But the number of child sexual abuse cases reported in the Eastern Sierra has gone up this year, from one to three in Mono County and from six to nine in Inyo County.
That might not seem like much, but these are two very small counties and it’s an unusually sharp increase.
No one knows why officially, but there’s good speculation.
“Let’s face it, this has really been in the news lately,” said Lisa Reel, executive director for Wild Iris. “And the ones reporting in our area are young, under 16.”