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Bishop Paiute Tribe pumping water at reduced capacity

The Bishop Paiute Tribe is experiencing low water pressure reservation wide due to the high demand of water usage and minimal storage and pumping capacity.

Chamber: COVID controls should stay local

The executive director of the Bishop Area Chamber of Commerce stated in an email Monday that local businesses are understandably disappointed and concerned with the state’s recent roll-back on COVID-19 protocols regarding certain industries that can generate large in-door crowds.

CHP reports fatal accident on SR-168

On Sunday, July 26, at approximately 1:07 p.m., according to the California Highway Patrol, the driver of a 2012 Toyota Sienna van was driving eastbound on SR-168 west of Starlight Drive at approximately 55 miles per hour.

Mono County placed on state monitoring list

Recent sharp increases in the numbers of local COVID-19 cases has resulted in Mono County being notified by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) that the county will be placed on the monitoring list.

DFW will kill millions of hatchery trout

Millions of trout in three hatcheries will be killed instead of being stocked in Eastern Sierra lakes and streams.

Local Rotary Clubs launch pandemic task force

The Rotary Clubs of Bishop have created a pandemic task Force to target and assist with the ongoing and fluid needs of the community during the current COVID-19 pandemic.

BLM proposes camping limits in Alabama Hills

Both proposed management alternatives for the Alabama Hills National Scenic Area would cut the amount of overnight camping by half while adding numerous infrastructure improvements, including toilets, and regulating a number of recreational activities, from climbing to OHV use to flying drones.

A new track for tykes on trikes in Lone Pine

Tykes on trikes will be tooling around a new track when they return to pre-school and kindergarten in Lone Pine this fall.

Inyo County COVID-19, including new state closure mandates

Inyo County released the following this evening:

Fatal crash reported at Upper Twin Lake

On Wednesday, at approximately 7:50 a.m., a single fatal motor vehicle collision occurred on Twin Lakes Road approximately .8 miles west of Charlie Day Road within unincorporated Mono County, according to the California Highway Patrol/Bridgeport office.