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NOTES FROM A MYSTERY CRASH

by Hailey Koetz
in Featured · Online Edition
— 3 Nov, 2023

Saturday September 30, a Los Angeles couple witnessed a Search and Rescue helicopter crash. The couple was hiking from Agnew Meadows to Thousand Island Lake, a popular day hike for[…]

by Mike Bodine
in News
— 22 Jun, 2018

… but then changes his mind when ‘copter arrives A hiker used his personal satellite location device to call for help on the Mount Whitney Trail on June 14. When[…]

by Abagael Giles
in Featured · Mountain Town News · News
— 9 Feb, 2018

Counties in California opt not to bill each other for the cost of rescuing each other’s citizens In the State of California, County Sheriff’s Offices have the ability to bill[…]

by Abagael Giles
in Featured · Mountain Town News · Sports and Outdoors
— 28 Apr, 2017

Spring conditions bring new and unexpected avalanche dangers On Friday, April 21, at approximately 4 p.m., Inyo County Sheriff’s Office (ICSO)received notification of a potential fatality on the Mountaineer’s Route[…]

by Abagael Giles
in News · Sports and Outdoors
— 29 Jul, 2016

On Monday, July 18, at 4 a.m., 68-year-old John Lee of Mentone, CA set out to hike Mount Whitney. Lee and three friends hiked out of Whitney Portal with the[…]