Archive - 2011 - News Article
November 3rd
By
Mike Bodine/Register Staff
Self-proclaimed travel writer Malerie Yolen-Cohen has named Bishop one of the Top 10 cities to visit along U.S. 6, the nationâs longest federal contiguous highway, on her blogspot âStay on Route 6.â
But it is not the areaâs well-known fishing, hiking, climbing or adventure trail systems that caught the eye of Yolen-Cohen; it was Bishopâs advertised history, its story-telling with pictures on local businessâ walls, that earned the city a ninth-place ranking.
By
Mike Gervais/Register Staff
County leaders are crying foul about a U.S. Forest Service plan to trade property with the Town of Mammoth Lakes in exchange for more than 1,000 acres of non-federal land in Inyo, El Dorado, Plumas and Stanislaus counties.
The Inyo County Board of Supervisors said Tuesday the proposed land exchange, known as the Mammoth Base Land Exchange, conflicts with the Inyo County General Plan, which states that the county is opposed to any loss of private property in Inyo County.
The three teenagers suspected of smashing $10,000 worth of school bus windows at Bishop Elementary School earlier this month were caught over the weekend after allegedly attempting a repeat incident on Sierra Street.
A 19-year-old man allegedly along for the latest adventure was also arrested.
Austin Cole Montgomery and three male youths ages 14, 15 and 17 were taken into custody early Sunday for their alleged role in vandalism on Sierra Street. The juveniles were also arrested in connection to the Oct. 21 vandalism at Bishop Elementary School.
By
Mike Bodine/Register Staff
The long-awaited crash report on the deadly multi-vehicle accident that occurred in August 2010 has been released.
New details emerge in the report, but the questions that have been most asked still have no answers. There was no determination made on the cause of the driver distraction or inattention that ultimately led to the crash or what caused one of the vehicles to catch on fire.
By
Mike Bodine/Register Staff
The City of Bishop is preparing its next budget, with a chunk of the funds going to promote the town. However, as with nearly any and every other city and state in the nation right now, Bishop is facing yet another year of lower revenues which means less money for advertising. This has been the same old song and dance since 2008, the beginning of the Great Recession.
By
Mike Gervais/Register Staff
State court officials are considering stopping at least two court construction projects and delaying several more to fill a budget gap.
According to the Administrative Office of the Court, a working group tasked by Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye to oversee the judicial branchâs facilities program is recommending several ways to proceed with âminimal delay on most projects in the court construction program as well as the elimination of two projects in Alpine and Sierra counties.â
Today is the day when tens of thousands of wanna-be zombies and ghouls around the world will growl and boogie in unison for the âThrill the World.â It is an international attempt to set the world-record for simultaneous dance to Michael Jacksonâs âThrillerâ song and video and Bishopâs undead will be joining in this year.
Erin Livingston organized the local dance and has been holding lessons all month long.
October 27th
By
Mike Gervais/Register Staff
Local residents and community leaders will be meeting next month in Independence to kickstart the next leg of the new all-terrain vehicle route system.
Advocates for Access to Public Lands President and Project Leader Dick Noles told the Board of Supervisors Tuesday that there is still a lot of work to be done before the Adventure Trails System is implemented, but, after the Nov. 9 meeting, the public should be involved for the remainder of the planning stages.
By
Mike Gervais/Register Staff
With the post office scheduled to close in Darwin, local leaders met Tuesday to discuss how residents in that part of the county will be receiving their mail.
Interim Public Works Director Doug Wilson said the U.S. Postal Service, after deciding to close the post office without so much as notifying the county, decided recently to place a set of cluster mail boxes on a county right-of-way â again, without any conversation with Inyo officials.
By
Mike Bodine/Register Staff
What have previously been considered routine budget adjustments and commission recommendations came under careful consideration and close scrutiny Monday as the Bishop City Council works to make every penny count with fewer of them rolling in.
There is an approximate $723,774 deficit between projected expenditures, $9,604,253, and revenues, $8,880,479, for fiscal year 2012-13 and Councilmember David Stottlemyre said heâs afraid the deficit gap could widen as he perceives the revenue forecasts to be too optimistic.
