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What you might have missed

TUESDAY

* Mono opposes 'zero tolerance' immigration policy

* Suspect in unsolved murders set to be freed

* Badwater Marathon set for July 23-25

THURSDAY

* Group buys Cerro Gordo

* Man pleads guilty to destroying property in Death Valley

This day in history (July 15)

1799 – The Rosetta Stone is found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard during Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign.

What you might have missed

TUESDAY

* Reward doubles for info in horse stabbing case

* Georges Fire forces evacuation of Whitney Portal campground

* Kids can get creative in the Great Outdoors

THURSDAY

* Georges Fire update: Road to Whitney reopens

This day in history (July 8)

1099 – Some 15,000 starving Christian soldiers begin the siege of Jerusalem by marching in a religious procession around the city as its Muslim defenders watch.
1283 – Roger of Lauria, commanding the Aragonese fleet defeats an Angevin fleet sent to put down a rebellion on Malta.

What you might have missed

TUESDAY

* Elected officials: Families belong together

* Nine horses attacked at Big Pine Saddle Club

* Local teen to compete in AMA Motocross Championship

THURSDAY

* Inyo takes second in voter turnout

* Laws Museum gears up for concert, picnic

This day in history (July 1)

762 – Baghdad is founded.
1419 – First Defenestration of Prague: A crowd of radical Hussites kill seven members of the Prague city council.
1502 – Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off the coast of Honduras during his fourth voyage.

What you might have missed last week

TUESDAY

• NIHD passes 2018-19 Budget

• Scam activity is on the rise again

• Lions Fire reaches Inyo National Forest

THURSDAY

• Cook's Alabama Hills bill passes in House

• Chamber to provide store front grants

• Busy time for Search and Rescue

Lions Fire triples in size

Community meeting scheduled for 6 p.m. today at Mammoth Lakes Welcome Center

Register Staff

This day in history (June 24)

1312 BC – Mursili II launches a campaign against the Kingdom of Azzi-Hayasa.
217 BC – The Romans, led by Gaius Flaminius, are ambushed and defeated by Hannibal at the Battle of Lake Trasimene.

This day in history (June 10)

671 – Emperor Tenji of Japan introduces a water clock (clepsydra) called Rokoku. The instrument, which measures time and indicates hours, is placed in the capital of Ōtsu.
1190 – Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the river Saleph while leading an army to Jerusalem.