By
Mike Gervais/Register Staff
CalFire and air quality control officials are on full alert this week due to extreme winds that began hammering the Eastern Sierra yesterday.
The state fire agency suspended all burn permits on state responsibility lands within Inyo, Mono and San Bernardino counties, while Great Basin Air Pollution Control District issued health advisories related to blowing dust.
By
Mike Bodine/Register Staff
A new class at Big Pine High School aims to teach students marketable skills while at the same time trying to boost the townâs commerce and visibility.
The town lacks a Chamber of Commerce so the Inyo County Office of Education has prepared an accredited course for students that will also fill the void left from by the lack of a chamber.
It was either a bathroom break for X-Ray, Bishopâs K-9 police officer, or an âarea checkâ that led to the weekend arrest of a 23-year-old Bishop resident for alleged possession of illegal narcotics.
According to a Bishop PD press release, Officer Brent Gillespie âconducted an area checkâ in a parking lot between Willow Street and Whitney Alley, âallowing his canine partner, X-Ray, to check the parking lotâ at about 2:05 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 26.
The parking lot is not far from a local saloon and used by patrons of that establishment.
