Big Pine News

The hopefuls concluded their series of forums at the Bishop Senior Center on Tuesday, where a nearly packed house listened as they answered questions from both the League of Women Voters and spectators from the ...

“This is a service to all of our interested community members to provide access to these fine candidates ahead of making the important decisions facing all of us when we enter the voting booth come June.”

As with the candidate forums held Monday evening in Independence, that one scheduled by the Independence Civic Club, and at the League's Tuesday event in Lone Pine, each candidate offered opening remarks, ... via The Inyo Register

“Lots of different agencies have stepped up and are participating to help ensure this memorial comes to pass”

Honoring those citizens' commitment has a group of Big Pine residents working to recognize military service in a special way. via The Inyo Register

“This is a tribute to each student and their family to be given this tremendous opportunity to learn about our system of government and to enhance your future opportunity to contribute to your community.”

The American Legion and the American Legion Auxiliary have long sponsored sending a select group of young men and women from across the state to spend a week "running the government of the Golden State." Big ... via The Inyo Register

How do you feel about the threat of another major earthquake over the next 30 years? 1. Prepare for quakes? Have tsunami alerts. via Los Angeles Times

“This vegetation is dry and a lot of it is dead”

The devastating Bluff Fire began when a camp stove blew over during high winds last Sunday. via The Inyo Register

“I believe that one of the most critical projects is finding funds to either demolish the old Big Pine Care Center ($550,000 estimate) or restore and find a use for it ($1 million plus estimate)”

"I have decided to retire in 2009; therefore I will not file for or run for another term as Fourth District supervisor," Bilyeu said. via The Inyo Register

“The governor's budget is very brutal to a small school like us”

Local students, faculty members and parents are pleading to their state representatives for more cash for education as schools across the state are facing a dwindling budget for next year. via The Inyo Register

“We have a dilapidated, old, crumbly facility there”

But this time around, the majority of the board felt the problem warrented the use of Prop 40 funds, which could have been spent instead in Southeast Inyo. via The Inyo Register

“We had gone through 5,122 ballots cast, out of a pool of registered Inyo voters that totals 9,946. So, we were seeing - S - S - Snearly a 52 percent participation rate at that point.”

As of Wednesday morning, there were still about 1,000 ballots that remained to be counted from Inyo's "Super Tuesday" contribution. via The Inyo Register

“We can't say if it was deliberate or not”

Inyo County Sheriff Bill Lutze offered the reward Wednesday following a state arson investigator's determination that the early-morning fire was human-caused. It is still unknown at this time whether the fire ... via The Inyo Register

“As a result, the water utility is considered an encroachment within the state right-of-way and the county is obligated to relocate any facilities that interfere with the proposed construction”

It was in 2006, while preparing for construction of the Independence-Manzanar Four-Lane Project , that Caltrans located portions of the Independence water system that were within the state right-of-way. ... via The Inyo Register

“The Inyo County Emergency Medical Care Committee (EMCC) values the standardization of Emergency Medical Technicians through the National Registry as a means to ensure all EMTs are trained to the same level”

Three local fire officials along with a representative from Inyo County Health and Human Services are lobbying the California Emer-gency Medical Services Authority for a new first-responder testing site in the ... via The Inyo Register

From Lone Pine to Bishop there is something for everyone this holiday season. Seasonal events will kick off on Friday, Dec. via The Inyo Register

Did you feel it? Report shaking and damage at your location. You can also view a map displaying accumulated data from your report and others. via USGS Earthquakes

“If you look at Native American history, one of our ways to communicate was to send out runners from village to village.”

According to Sage Romero, one of the lead organizers of the Nov. 24 Drum Echos Relay Run and Social Pow Wow, the runners by their very presence and participation will be spreading the word about Native American ... via The Inyo Register

The community will salute and remember Army Corporal Wayne M. Geiger, 23, of Lone Pine, during funeral services Saturday in Lone Pine. via The Inyo Register

“The Forest Service charges $33 for one ton of shale rock, so hopefully we can get those guys (from CDF) to load it up”

It is even more appropriate than ever, then, that a group of local citizens intent on helping the community forever remember those who put their lives on the line in the name of freedom is finally on its way to ... via The Inyo Register

“The roads are there, and we're gonna fight for every damn mile”

On one map, the current crop of roads were shown. In many cases, short stretches of road branched off the "main" road to reach viewpoints or other areas, and some roads linked one system of roads to another. via The Inyo Register

“We are looking at this because of the increased cost of doing business”

Eastern Sierra Transit Authority staff has yet to identify an exact rate hike for its bus routes, however it has notified the board and the public that it is looking into the possibility of raising the cost of ... via The Inyo Register