Mammoth Brewing strikes liquid gold More YARTS options for the Eastside Town Cleanup Day
 
Mammoth Brewing strikes liquid gold

Mammoth Brewing strikes liquid gold

Sean and Joyce Turner, Charlie Papazian, Karl Anderson and Jason Senior

More YARTS options for the Eastside

More YARTS options for the Eastside

Get to Tuolumne Meadows several times a day this July and August.

Town Cleanup Day

Town Cleanup Day

The rules have changed. Don't leave your waste in the street

Rattlesnake season strikes early

Rattlesnake season strikes early

18 May 2012

A swollen Bella, shortly after being bit by a rattlesnake Fire isn’t the only hazard of a dry winter As they made their way down the Sawmill Trail near Independence, Calif. last Saturday morning, May 12, Mammoth local Brian Jaegers and his dog Bella had no idea that they would soon be embroiled in a [...]

Read the full story

Posted in News0 Comments

Paradise found

Paradise found

18 May 2012

A “hopeful” Rebecca Solnit visited Mammoth (Photo courtesy Penguin)   “Come, ye philosophers, who cry, ‘All’s well,’ and contemplate this ruin of a world.” –Voltaire, Poem on the Lisbon Disaster, from “Candide” This year’s California Reads program focuses on both Disaster and Democracy, and nowhere is either topic better illustrated than in author Rebecca Solnit’s new [...]

Read the full story

Posted in News0 Comments

Local case of hantavirus

18 May 2012

A Mammoth Lakes woman in her late 20s-early 30s was in critical but stable condition Thursday, after being flown to Reno last Monday with a case of hantavirus. Recent tests performed at the Nevada State Public Health Laboratory supported the diagnosis. It is expected the diagnosis will be confirmed shortly by the Viral and Rickettsial [...]

Read the full story

Posted in News0 Comments

Little League

18 May 2012

MAJORS DIVISION Standings W L White Sox 2             1 Orioles 1 1 Phillies 1 1 Reds   1 2   Results May 6   O’s 7     Reds 6 May 7  Phillies 7   White Sox 6 May 9 Sox 12     Reds 11 May 12  Sox [...]

Read the full story

Posted in Sports/Outdoors0 Comments

Rotary’s Student of the Month

Rotary’s Student of the Month

18 May 2012

MHS Senior Rebecca Nelson was selected as the Mammoth Lakes Noon Rotary Student of the Month for April. She plans to study pre-med at the University of Northern Arizona next year.

Read the full story

Posted in News0 Comments

Will Stump be Hazard to reelection bid?

18 May 2012

You know you’re in Mono County when … a candidate wears a collared “In-N-Out” shirt to a candidate’s forum. I attended last Friday’s forum at the Paradise Fire Station pitting two-term incumbent Hap Hazard versus challenger Fred Stump, the Long Valley Fire Chief. Among those in attendance were Mono County CAO Jim Arkens, County Finance [...]

Read the full story

Posted in News, Opinion/Editorial0 Comments

Brown: Tax the Kardashians

18 May 2012

Governor Jerry Brown now has more riding on his tax initiative package passing in November then ever. Brown is counting on voters to pass the package to close a rapidly growing deficit, which as of his May revised budget now sits at a whopping $16 billion, far larger than the $9 billion he predicted in [...]

Read the full story

Posted in News0 Comments

Letters to the Editor

18 May 2012

MHS Senior Symposium thanks Dear Editor: Once teens get ready to go out on their own, they rarely want to listen to life lessons from their parents. With the school year nearly over and with grades 9-11 taking standardized testing, Mammoth High School Seniors recently took part in a symposium of life lessons. Topics covered [...]

Read the full story

Posted in Letters to the Editor0 Comments

Event ticklers

18 May 2012

LunaFest film screenings In conjunction with the Chix on Stix weekend have fun and make a difference in the lives of women in our area by checking out LunaFest film series on Saturday, May 19, in the Village at Mammoth Events Plaza. The event begins at 7:30 p.m. with a welcome by two-time Olympian Stacey [...]

Read the full story

Posted in Events Calendar0 Comments

Getchell popular with mechanics

Getchell popular with mechanics

18 May 2012

Garth and Kim Getchell Inventor Garth Getchell, profiled by The Sheet in its Nov. 29, 2008 issue (see story below) was honored this month at the National Hardware Show in Las Vegas. Getchell’s new Mini-Roller Flex tool was one of 16 recipients of the prestigious 2012 Popular Mechanics “Editor’s Choice” Award. The award recognizes “Outstanding [...]

Read the full story

Posted in News0 Comments

Currently Playing...

Pick up a copy of the Eastern Sierra Wedding Guide!

Added on 20 April 2012

View More Videos

RSS World News

  • G-8 leaders take up eurozone crisis, possible Greek exit May 20, 2012
    Concerns about whether debt-laden Greece will be forced to pull out of the eurozone, and what that would mean for a weakened European economy is the first topic on Saturday's agenda at the Group of Eight summit hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama, a senior administration official said. […]
  • 21 dead in Yemen al Qaeda clashes May 20, 2012
    Fierce clashes between government troops and al Qaeda fighters Sunday morning in Yemen left 21 people dead, two local security officials told CNN. […]
  • Italy school attack not tied to mafia, prosecutor says May 20, 2012
    Two suspects in a fatal bombing outside a school in Italy have been identified, a prosecutor said. […]
View in: Mobile | Standard