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Pictured: The slopes of MMSA the day before its 2011/12 season opening.

“Bring it on,” says Mammoth Lakes Police Chief “Chili-Man” Dan Watson Cook up your favorite ‘batch of red’ in a crock-pot, give it a clever name and enter it in the first annual Five-Alarm Chili Cook-Off sponsored by the Mammoth Lakes Firefighters Association and Mammoth Lakes Police Officers Association with the assistance of Mammoth Lakes [...]

Dear Editor: I want to send out some congratulations to our local cross country ski racers. Amanda Kirkeby of Mammoth High School is the new California-Nevada State Champion for the Open Class! The Mammoth High School JV girls also took home the team trophy with great races from Amanda, Jody Meads, Kylie LaFromboise, and Katherine [...]

The Town of Mammoth Lakes awards funds annually to youth sporting organizations that are in need of additional funding to supplement organized, non-profit, youth sporting programs operating in and around Mammoth Lakes. Applications will be available on Thursday, March 1 at the Town of Mammoth Lakes Recreation Department Office located in the Minaret Village Mall, above [...]

Dustin Anthony Smith On the night of Wednesday, Feb. 15, Mono County Sheriff’s Deputies and Bishop Police Department Officers assisted the Mono County Narcotic Enforcement Team (MONET) in the conclusion of an investigation into the sales of methamphetamine in the Chalfant Valley area near White Mountain Estates. Dustin Anthony Smith, age 24, of Bishop, Calif., [...]

Mono County invites the public to provide input on unmet transit needs for the elderly, disabled and persons of limited means, as well as general transit needs for all residents. Eastern Sierra Transit Authority (ESTA) and County staff will be visiting all the RPACs within the next month to hear comments and suggestions, which will [...]

Forest Service has its eye on snowmobilers During the week of Feb. 13, six local residents were cited for trespassing in the Owens River Headwaters Wilderness, in the area known as the Slash Pit, according to a press release from the Forest Service. Reduced snowpack this year has led to a concentration of use in [...]

Sally Gaines (right) presented Elaine Smith with a donation of $1,000 toward the Mammoth Track Project.

In the race for District 2 Supervisor, incumbent Hap Hazard now has competition from Long Valley Fire Chief Fred Stump. The Chief told The Sheet on Thursday of his decision to mount a challenge to the current seatholder. In District 3 news, June Lake local Patty Heinrich had been mulling a run at the seat [...]

Mammoth hosted the final Nike Chosen series event under the lights on Saturday, Feb. 18. (Photo: Henschel) In the Nike Chosen Tour stop in Mammoth Lakes, Judges Keir Dillon and Bobby Meeks awarded Best Trick on a Jump to Jeremy Page. Best Trick on a Rail Jam went to Michael Gray. Overall Men’s Winner was [...]