Mono County News

Tuesday, 01 December 2009 Mono County Jail is once again in working order since it flooded in October.

Wea ve had 39 inches of snow so far, not atypical. How much snow will Mammoth get this winter? Ita s an El Nino year.

Last month two men and their teenage sons tackled one of the world's most unforgiving summertime hikes: the Grand Canyon's parched and searing Royal Arch Loop.

The 4-kilometer infrared sattelite picture shows a storm brewing off the coast of British Columbia.

Mono County Board of Supervisors Chairman William Reid was found dead in his Bridgeport home this morning.

An early winter storm washed away Mono County's hopes of a speedy reroofing project at the jail in Bridgeport, forcing law enforcement officials to find a new home for more than 20 inmates.

It may be two weeks before the Mono County Jail in Bridgeport is fit for prisoners after flooding rendered it uninhabitable last week.

Every roofing contractor's worst nightmare came true in Bridgeport on Tuesday when a heavy wet storm hit in the middle of replacing the roof of the Mono County Jail and Administration Facility.

Bridgeport The Twin Lakes Fire Safe Council hired a contractor to masticate accumulated vegetation from the Twin Lakes' biomass site and haul this material by a dump truck to the Bridgeport Disposal Site on Sept.

Nature's artistry is evident in Southern Inyo's wind-swept, weathered boulders of the Alabama Hills against the backdrop of the majestic granite mountains of the Sierra Nevada to the west, and to the east the very different Inyo Mountains.

Material seized in a search warrant in Bishop. Mono County Sheriff's Department A monthlong investigation into narcotic trafficking and distribution in Mono County wrapped up this week with the arrest to two San Diego men in Bishop, Calif.

Do you have health insurance? Yes, fully paid for by my employer. Yes, through my employer and I make monthly payments.

Friends and schoolmates of Rebecca Martin wash a Mono County ambulance at a fundraiser for the Meneley Elementary student.

Adam Blauert: Falling Up -- Head to higher ground for a taste of the season's beautiful and unique colors The weather in Madrid is "nine months of winter and three months of hell," as described by Jacques Barzun in From Dawn to Decadence.

So, now California--at least the Bridgeport and Antelope Valley portions--is concerned about the Walker River Basin Acquisition Program.

Bodie State Historic Park is covered in a blanket of snow during the winter of 2008.

The omission of a single word--Nevada--from proposed federal legislation making its way through Congress could foreshadow big changes in the Walker River Basin Acquisition Program; and elected officials on the California side of the basin are expressing quick and decisive opposition.

Last Friday, Sept. 4, marked the one-year anniversary of the fire that destroyed the Schulman Grove Visitor Center in the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest.

Ia ve had a ski/snowboard pass for more than 10 years. Ia ve lived here since before the Village was built.

A National Park Service wildlife biologist was killed Sunday in a what appears to be a climbing accident in Mono County.