The official numbers are in; this is the wettest October on record according to Mammoth forecaster Howard Sheckter. According to Sheckter, the current atmospheric river storm dropped almost nine inches of precipitation (this is the total amount of water in the snow and rain) and about FOUR F…
The first wave of snow arrives in Mammoth Monday morning, Oct. 25 following 30 straight hours of rain from a record-breaking atmospheric river storm. Forecasts call for snow instead of rain for the rest of the day before the big storm exits the Eastern Sierra later tonight or tomorrow. The a…
The murder was committed in 2016 on Azimuth Drive
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The Lakes Basin Road has closed temporarily this morning. Oct. 18 due to snow.
Mammoth Mountain Ski Area got its first blanket of snow for the 2021 season after an early October storm dropped between a half foot and eight inches of snow on the Mountain Monday, turning the brown, drought-struck Mountain into something more like the familiar, snow-capped peak.
Mammoth Mountain Ski Area started snowmaking this week and it didn't hurt that Ma Nature was cooperating, sending in plenty of new snow with a sharp a cold snap. The snowstorm this week came in a lot heavier than expected, making for a fine, early season storm. That said, some of the best fa…
The road to Reds Meadow, the Lakes Basin and all the Sierra passes are now closed due to an unexpectedly high snowfall, which is expected to last into the evening of Oct. 11. The roads will open again as soon as they are safe, according to the Inyo National Forest. For the latest on road clo…
Today, Mammoth Lakes Tourism and Mammoth Mountain announced new United seasonal service into the Eastern Sierra Regional Airport (BIH) in Bishop.
Mammoth and the Central Eastern Sierra has some of the worst air quality again in the state as a southerly flow aims the smoke from the still-growing KNP Fire right up the Owens Valley and to Mammoth. Mammoth's AQI was at 189, only 11 points from the 'Purple' AQI of 200. The fire grew over t…
The news just came out Oct. 1 that all K-12 public school students will required to have a Covid-19 vaccine once the vaccines are fully approved, a process that will occur in phases and will most likely start next year, said the state this morning in an announcement by Gov. Gavin Newsom.
New manager has extensive fire background - and he's going to need it
A think swath of smoke is rolling into the Eastern Sierra this morning, Sept. 21 and it is all from the growing KNP and Windy fires, burning on the west side of Lone Pine over the Sierra crest near/in Kings Canyon National Park. The smoke is likely to continue over the next 24 hours as a sou…
Mammoth Unified School District High School and Middle School will go to distance learning only starting Monday, Sept. 20 for at least two weeks due to high Covid transmission cases and quarantines, said Superintendent Jennifer Wildman in a letter to parents on Friday afternoon, Sept. 17.
Here we go again; the expanding KNP Fire southwest of Mammoth on the west side of the Sierra crest (roughly due west of Mt. Whitney) is sending a good amount of smoke into Mammoth in particular, with lesser amounts up and down the Eastern Sierra. The fire does not pose a threat to life or pr…
The recall effort to oust Gov. Gavin Newsom was soundly defeated last night in the state and that goes for Mono County as well, which said 'NO' to recalling the governor with 57.39 percent of the vote, compared to 42.61 percent 'saying YES' to recalling him, according to the local county ele…
After an entire summer of enviably clear skies compared to the rest of the state, a new fire burning to the southwest of the Eastern Sierra could change that.
Mammoth residents awoke this morning, Sept. 13 to a thick layer of smoke, most likely from a group of new fires burning in Sequoia Kings Canyon National Park which started on Sept. 9 during a series of lightning strikes.
The 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb has been moved from Saturday morning to Saturday evening.
A few more changes to the closures on the Inyo National Forest as of Sept. 3
Mono County is located in Congressional District 8 and is represented in the House of Representatives by Republican Rep. Jay Obernolte (R-Big Bear).
The closure of the entire Inyo National Forest this evening will bring a lot of local activities to a rapid halt - but not everything.
All of California's National Forests close late Tuesday due to extreme fire dangerThe USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region is announcing a temporary closure of all National Forests in California starting Aug. 31 at one minute to midnight including the Inyo National Forest, which cove…
Mitchell Pinizzotto is in Mono County Jail on $1 million bail
This year's Festival features nine West Coast, U.S., or World Premieres The Mammoth Lakes Film Festival announced that their seventh iteration will take place in-person from Sept. 22-26 at venues across Mammoth Lakes. The festival will open on Sept. 22 with the West Coast Premiere of “Ultras…
Robbery also involved an assault on homeowner
Other fire-related restrictions also go into effect on Aug. 24
Bishop teenage suspect is in custody
Another hiker has died in Death Valley, the second hiker fatality in three weeks, with extreme heat the likely cause of both deaths.
There is an increasing amount of smoke moving in and out of the Mammoth and the Eastern Sierra, even though there are still no local fires threatening communities or local resources. Instead, the increased smoke is due to growing wildfires north, west and south of the Eastern Sierra, includi…
There has been an increased demand for the Covid-19 vaccine in Mono County and in response, the county is ramping up walk-in vaccine clinics, with no appointments needed. The clinics will be held in various locations throughout the county.Here is a list of those clinics and more vaccine info…
The search for the killer of Isobel Bernal Sanchez started 18 long years ago
Mammoth Hospital has room but ability to transfer to advanced care facilities very limited
Cerro Coso Community College announced Tuesday that it will require all students and employees to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 by Nov. 1 and masks are to be worn at all times in its facilities.
A mother bear and her two cubs use the safety of a juniper tree in the June Lake Loop area to assess their world. An increasing number of bears are moving into more populated areas in the Eastern Sierra, seeking food as the winter season approaches, and even water due to the drought. The bes…
Mammoth Unified School District students will head back to in-person classes Thursday, their third pandemic-era school year.
The famous Eastern Sierra Tri-County Fair will go forward this Labor Day weekend, with plenty of family-friendly events and displays. It’s a time to showcase and celebrate the talents and achievements of all local communities.
A fast-moving fire east of Yosemite near Strawberry is sending huge amounts of smoke pouring over the Sierra crest and over the northernmost edges of Mono County, including near Topaz Lake and Holbrook Junction - but Mono County and the Eastern Sierra is not under threat from this fire due t…
An incoming cold front is displacing the hot, stagnant, smoky air that has dominated the Eastern Sierra for the past two weeks, bringing clear skies and much cooler temperatures.
Fifty-five possibly inaccurate local Covid-19 lab results last week were retracted by the state lab that processed them but not before several local businesses had to temporarily shut down due to their employees thinking they had positive test results, according to the Mono County Public Hea…
Diego Santiago Hernandez-Antonia now in Mono County Jail on no bail arrest warrant
A wave of Delta-variant driven cases is arriving in the Eastern Sierra just as students prepare to go back to school. Many students are still not vaccinated, leaving schools scrambling once again to make the right choices. For more on this developing story, pick up this week's issue of the M…
A California Highway Patrol (CHP) helicopter crew found a deceased hiker about two miles from the closest road in Death Valley National Park this past week, according to the Inyo County Sheriff’s Office and Death Valley National Park.
Following a surge in Covid-19 cases, most of them from the highly contagious Delta mutation of the original Covid-19 virus, Mono County public health officials said the county will move to a mask requirement for all indoor public spaces beginning this Friday, Aug. 6.
The National Weather Service in Reno has issued a Red Flag Warning for gusty winds and low humidity, which is in effect from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday. The danger will begin Wednesday afternoon as the area quickly dries out from the past two weeks of monsoon moisture and a trough of very d…
The Inyo County Sheriff’s Office has reviewed law enforcement body camera footage for the George Barlow III violent encounter that took place July 24 and left Barlow hospitalized and a dog he was with at the time shot dead by law enforcement.In order to provide total transparency, the office…
There are several trails and roads damaged after a week of monsoon weather; the Laurel Lakes 4WD road is now impassible to vehicles. The Gable Lakes trail out of Pine Creek has rockslides but is accessible by careful hikers. As of July 30, the Pine Creek trail was repaired from a previous la…
Mono County’s Covid-19 positive test rate jumped to eight per 100,000 population this week, a statistically significant increase from 6.3 positive tests per 100,000 last week and, 30 days earlier, zero positive tests per 100,000.
California Governor Gavin Newsom recently named more counties, including Inyo and Mono, to the official list of countiesin a state of emergency due to persistent drought conditions. With the Sierra snowpack barely passing 50 percent of normalthis winter along with minimal rainfall and a se…
Relatives and others of a Bishop man who was hospitalized after a violent confrontation with Inyo County Sheriff's deputies came to Tuesday’s Inyo County Board of Supervisors meeting to demand “justice” and “accountability” regarding a July 24 incident.
In response to the rapidly expanding Tamarack Fire advancing on U.S. 395 near Topaz Lake, Mono County has launched the Tamarack Fire Incident Portal. The site provides fire statistics, updates, air quality, road closures, utility outages and evacuation information.
U.S 395 is now closed from the junction of Monitor Pass/89 to the Nevada state line due to fast-moving Tamarack Fire. Local traffic (with ID) only is allowed through, fire officials said.
Listening to the voices fueling the Mono Lake Kutzadika’a Tribe’s fight for federal recognition
The fast-moving Tamarack Fire is closing in on the Holbrook Junction area of U.S. 395 as of the morning of July 21, which could trigger a closure of the road if conditions do not improve. Drivers need to stay alert: go to https://roads.dot.ca.gov/roadscell.php for updates.
Northern Mono County shook, rattled and rolled last Thursday afternoon when a magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Antelope Valley near the Nevada border.
Right outside our backdoor, the hottest temperature on Earth was recorded last week in Death Valley which soared to a searing 130 degrees on July 9.
The weather continues to dominate everyday activities and news as the Eastern Sierra heads into mid-July with the second record-breaking heatwave of the summer giving way to an incoming monsoon pattern next week that has the potential to bring as much as two inches of rain by the end of the month.
The Dexter Fire grew to 1,300 acres and was zero percent contained as of the evening of July 13, triggering evacuations of two campgrounds and parts of the Owens River Road and other nearby areas.
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