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March 22, 2009
by Mammoth Local Staff
As you may have noticed, MammothLocal.com, the online arm of Mammoth Monthly magazine, has stopped updating its pages until the economic climate improves. Owners Jean and George Shirk decided to keep the site alive, however, just for the heck of it. The Shirks still have a thing about Mammoth, and may return there soon to stir up more trouble. In the meantime, enjoy the high country (who doesn't?) and stay safe and well.January 14, 2008
by Mammoth Local Staff
On one of the biggest weekends of the season Jan. 11-13, people crowded onto Cloud 9 Express, formed long lines at the McCoy Station gondola, filled the lunch tables and bars, skied, rode snowboards, skated at the new ice rink, watched football and generally had a great time on good snow. There's more coming.January 04, 2008
by Mammoth Local Staff
Visitors will hardly recognize the new layout and exhibits at the Ski Museum. If you haven't been there this season, now would be a good time to check it out.View image View image View image View image
December 20, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Everybody ready? Occupancy rates for Mammoth hotels, lodges and condos are expected to reach 63 percent of capacity this weekend, with more visitors on the way throughout the week that ramps up to the Christmas-New Year's holiday.by Mammoth Local Staff
Heavy snow has prepared Mammoth for a robust holiday season. More than three feet of new snow fell on Mammoth Mountain in the storm that ended Thursday night, following winds that gusted up to 107.6 miles an hour at the summit of the 11,052-foot peak.December 17, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
With snow on the way to supplement a base of manufactured snow, Mammoth Mountain Ski Area will open Little Eagle Lodge on Thursday, Dec. 20, a resort official said. The opening, which will affect Chair 15/Eagle Express and Chairs 13 and 14, is due to coincide with a storm system that began early Monday with light snowfall and will continue through Thursday night.December 14, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Mammoth is 82 percent sold out for Christmas Week, with 10 days left for visitors to scramble for available lodging, according to figures released by the Mammoth Tourism Bureau.by Mammoth Local Staff
Online tributes continue to pour into the Mammoth forums Web site for Dave Ebbens, a beloved skier from Encinitas who died of injuries suffered while he was skiing in West Bowl on Monday, Dec. 10.by Mammoth Local Staff
Mammoth Mountain Ski Area opened Canyon Lodge on Friday, Dec. 14, and snow made its way into the forecasts for next week.November 29, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Ain't nobody here. According to figures released by Mammoth's Visitors Bureau, the hotel, condo and lodge occupancy rate projection shows just 14 percent of the available beds will be filled on the weekend of Nov. 30, with the occupancy rate dropping to just nine percent during the weekdays following.November 26, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Bill Cockroft, the Mammoth Mountain Ski Area executive who has been a longtime champion for road cycling, underwent surgery for injuries he suffered Thanksgiving Day in a cycling accident in Palm Springs, a ski area spokesperson said. Cockroft, formerly on the board of directors of the U.S. Cycling Federation and a driving force behind Mammoth road cycling, crashed on a corner while cycling in Palm Springs.by Mammoth Local Staff
Horizon Airlines would begin twice-daily flights to Mammoth in December 2008, but would not provide summer service to Mammoth Yosemite Airport until 2012, the airline announced in a document submitted to federal aviation authorities.by Mammoth Local Staff
"Play On!", the oft-produced Rick Abbot farce about a theater company whose production has gone awry, opens at the Mammoth High School multipurpose room on Wednesday, Nov. 28 and continues its run through Saturday, Dec. 1.November 21, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Lack of early season snow has delayed the scheduled openings of the ski runs off Canyon and Eagle lodges, the Mammoth Mountain Ski Area announced Wednesday.by Mammoth Local Staff
More winter visitors to Mammoth are bringing kids than ever before, a new survey shows. The survey, by Leisure Trends from Boulder, Colo., showed that 58 percent of the visitors to Mammoth said they brought children, up significantly from 2004, when just 31 percent said they brought their children with them.November 20, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Permits to cut and remove Christmas trees are now available from the Bureau of Land Management and the Inyo National Forest. Cutting areas, permit prices and regulations are the same as in previous years.November 18, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
After nearly a week of warm, Indian summer weather, temperatures will drop and light snow will drop on Mammoth during the start of Thanksgiving week, the National Weather Service said. Temperatures that will rise to near 53 by 1 p.m. on Sunday will drop off the table, falling to around 40 during the remainder of the day. West winds between 5 and 15 miles an hour will kick up, with gusts as high as 25 mph.November 16, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Mammoth's fire abatement program on a 10-to-12 acre site on Sherwin St. in Old Mammoth is nearly complete, town officials said. The project, which involved a crew of 34 people over the course of the summer and fall, was the first part of a $7 million project designed to protect Mammoth from devastating fires such as the Lake Tahoe Angora Fire last June."Before" image "After" image
November 14, 2007
by George Shirk
With all the attention focused lately on Steve Searles (L.A. Times, Boston Globe, NPR, etc.), we dug into our archives and brought out this profile. An in-depth look into the heart and mind of Mammoth's "Bear Man."View image
November 05, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
In spite of a balmy autumn and not much measurable snow, Mammoth Mountain will open for skiing and boarding as planned on Thursday, Nov. 8, a ski hill spokesperson said.by Mammoth Local Staff
The Town Council cancelled its regularly schedule meeting for Wednesday, Nov. 21, according to Town Clerk Anita Hatter. The meeting was to be on Thanksgiving Eve, and Hatter said the council has nothing on its agenda.by Mammoth Local Staff
The "fire use" fire that is burning in the Glass Mountains and which is easily visible from Mammoth and U.S. Hwy. 395, has grown to 230 acres and is eating 25 to 50 acres a day, according to Inyo National Forest District Ranger Jon Regelbrugge. Regelbrugge said fire officials will let the fire continue to burn for ecological reasons.by Mammoth Local Staff
Friday's scheduled ALIMAR Awards Dinner at Main Lodge has been postponed because the speaker, David Nahai of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, has to keep mum until he's confirmed as the new general manager of the department.November 03, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Updated 12:32 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3Ryan Hall, one of a contingent of marathon runners who train in Mammoth, on Saturday, Nov. 3 won a spot on the men's marathon team by finishing first in the 2008 U.S. Olympic Marathon Team Trials in New York City.
View image Mammoth's Meb Keflezighi, the silver medalist at the 2004 Olympics, finished eighth. The first three runners qualified. The race was marred by the death of Ryan Shay, who lived and trained in Mammoth with Team USA California before movin to Flagstaff, Ariz., earlier this year. Shay collapsed about 5 1/2 miles into the race, He was 28.
November 02, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Updated 2:15 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2Everyone in Mammoth got so used to seeing Meb Keflezighi running around town this season that it's something of a surprise to not see him. The reason is easy. Mammoth's silver medal Olympian has been in New York, training for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Marathon Team Trials, to be run Saturday, Nov. 3 in Central Park. He was joined by Running USA teammates and Mammothists Dan Brown, Josh Cox, Ryan Hall and Mike McKeeman.
by Mammoth Local Staff
The popular free Town Trolley, a success in the summer months, will offer visitors night service between 6 p.m.-1 a.m., beginning Friday, Nov. 16, a town spokesman announced. Stuart Brown, the community relations manager, said the route will be the same as in the summer, running from The Village at Mammoth to Snowcreek Athletic Club. He said it will operate seven days a week, with stops every 15 minutes.by Mammoth Local Staff
There's nobody in Mammoth except bears, birds and locals, according to figures released by the town's Tourism Bureau. Occupancy in the town's hotels, lodges and condos will reach just 15 percent this weekend and sink to 13 percent in the weekdays following.November 01, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
An earthquake measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale shook Mammoth on Thursday morning. Centered in the mountains 11 miles southeast of Mammoth and eight miles west of Tom's Place, the temblor was easily felt.View image
by Mammoth Local Staff
The long-awaited narrowing of Meridian Blvd. will occur in the summer of 2009, town officials announced. The project will involve bus turnouts, bike lanes and the removal the traffic light at Minaret Rd. In its place will be a roundabout, according to the plans. The four-lane road currently is 64 feet wide. It will be narrowed to 45 feet and will include two travel lanes and a center turn lane, along with bike lanes and sidewalks.October 31, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
A strong Bay Area earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale swayed buildings in Mammoth and the Eastern Sierra on Tuesday night. The quake, whose epicenter was seven miles east of Milpitas, was centered along the Calaveras Fault, nine miles east of San Jose. It struck at 8:05 p.m.October 29, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Rain, possible thunderstorms and snow figure to hit Mammoth and the Eastern Sierra, beginning this afternoon, Oct. 29, and continuing through Tuesday, the National Weather Service said Monday. Accumulations are expected to be light, forecasters said.by Mammoth Local Staff
Updated 4:35 p.m. Monday, Oct. 29H. David Nahai, an environmental activist attorney who on Monday was nominated to run the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, will keynote Andrea Lawrence's ALIMAR Awards Dinner on Nov. 9, Lawrence announced.
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October 26, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
The firewood season has been extended to Nov. 18 on account of fair weather and numerous "no chainsaw" days during the hot, dry summer, the Inyo National Forest announced on Friday, Oct. 26by Mammoth Local Staff
Mammoth is deep, deep deep into the fall shoulder season, with the town visitor occupancy rate continuing to hover at 22 percent for the coming weekend. That figure, which matched last week's number, will drop even further -- to 11 percent -- for the weekdays following.October 09, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Another earthquake struck a mountainous area near Red Slate Mountain early Tuesday morning, this one measuring 3.0 on the Richter Scale. The quake followed a summer in which numerous small earthquakes have struck the spot.View map
October 08, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Mammoth Monthly owners Jean and George Shirk announced on Monday, Oct. 8 that they will suspend publication of the magazine after publishing the November Ski and Snowboard Special. The free magazine began in November 2002. With the Ski and Snowboard Special, due on the racks and in subscribers' mailboxes beginning Nov. 1, it will have run five years and 49 issues.October 04, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
The cables on Half Dome in Yosemite National Park are scheduled to be taken down on October 15, weather permitting, a park spokesperson announced on Thursday, Oct. 4. The cables, the scene of four deaths in the past two years, extend approximately 300 yards up the steep shoulder to the 8,842-foot dome.View image
October 03, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
A forecast calling for wind gusts of up to 100 miles an hour on the Sierra crest prompted the National Weather Service to issue a High Wind Watch, beginning Thursday morning and extending into late Thursday night. Also, some areas may break records for low tempratures on Friday.by Mammoth Local Staff
Forecasters at the National Weather Service in Reno issued a winter storm watch for Mammoth and the southern High Sierra beginning Thursday, Dec. 6 and continuing into the early part of the weekend. Snowfall amounts that could exceed two feet are expected, the weather service said. After hedging their bets earlier in the day, the forecasters said the path of the storm on Tuesday afternoon became "a little more certain, and favors the central and southern Sierra, generally from Carson Pass south to the Mammoth Lakes area."September 28, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Yosemite National Park will waive its $20-per-vehicle entry fee on Saturday, Sept. 29, as part of the annual National Public Lands Day, a park spokesperson said.by Mammoth Local Staff
The U.S. Forest Service has proposed a new equestrian and hiking trail between Lake George and McCloud Lake in the Mammoth Lakes Basin, aimed at relieving the Mammoth Lakes Pack Outfit.by Mammoth Local Staff
Jim Upchurch, the new supervisor of the Inyo National Forest, will meet the public in a series of open houses throughout the Eastern Sierra, a national forest spokesperson announced.by Mammoth Local Staff
As the temperatures drop and the days grow short, visitor occupancy to Mammoth is taking its customary dive. This weekend, the Visitors Bureau said it expects lodges hotels and condos will fill to just 38 percent, with the figure dropping to 18 percent in the weekdays following.by Mammoth Local Staff
Mammoth police will begin a crackdown on speeding traffic beginning Monday, Oct. 1, Chief Randy Schienle announced. "Officer Tim Smalley will be patrolling our streets," the chief said, "so please control your speed."by Mammoth Local Staff
Mammoth will be hit with gusty winds, snow and possibly rain today and Saturday, according to the National Weather Service. One to five inches of snow could fall on Saturday as a cold front moves from the coast over the area.September 24, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Mammoth's trail system, such as it is, will get some needed maintenance and signage this fall, according to Town Manager Robert F. Clark.September 21, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Mammoth could receive six to 10 inches of snow this evening and Saturday as a storm system moves into the area, the National Weather Service said in a winter storm watch advisory.September 19, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
An unseasonably strong low pressure system will drop out of the Pacific Northwest on Wednesday, Sept. 11 and gradually move south over Mammoth and the Eastern Sierra, prompting the National Weather Service to issue wind and fire warnings.September 18, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
As the population of the Sierra continues to grow, the threat of devastating wildfires is growing right along with it, a new study released on Monday, Sept. 17, shows. The report, by the Sierra Nevada Alliance, found that major wildfires like last summer's Angora Fire in South Lake Tahoe will become more common and more destructive if current growth patterns continue.September 17, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Call it an omen, or call it just regular seasonal weather; call it harbinger of things to come or just a simple tease by Mother Nature. Whatever, snow is forecast for Mammoth and the High Sierra later this week, according to the National Weather Service.September 14, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Bright autumnal weather is in the forecast for Mammoth and the Eastern Sierra, which is a big bonus for visitors this weekend. The Mammoth Visitors Bureau said it expects the town's lodges, hotels and condos to fill to 43 percent, with a drop-off to 27 percent during the weekdays following.September 12, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
The National Weather Service issued a "fire weather watch" for Thursday, meaning that critical fire weather conditions are possible.by Mammoth Local Staff
Steve Searles, Mammoth's celebrated "Bear Man" who received overwhelming kudos from supporters attending a Town Council meeting on Sept. 5, is back working his magic on behalf of the town.View image
by Mammoth Local Staff
Officials of Vision Airlines last weekend had another visit to the Mammoth-Yosemite Airport, and Town Manager Robert F. Clark said he expects a deal to be finalized soon. "I expect that they will make a final decision very soon," Clark said, "and if they approve the service, begin selling tickets."View image
September 11, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
The U.S. Forest Service on Tuesday, Sept. 11 named Randy Moore as the new regional forester for the Pacific Southwest Region, which includes the Inyo National Forest. He will replace Bernie Weingardt, who is retiring at the end of the month.View image
September 08, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Road cyclists in Saturday's High Sierra Fall Century rode in drop-dead beautiful weather, with clear skies, warm temps and ... Greg Lemond.View image View image View image View image View image
September 06, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
With their natural food sources all but gone in the Eastern Sierra backcountry, bears are finding Mammoth a great solution. The bears' good fortune, however, is causing some problems around town.by Mammoth Local Staff
With the High Sierra Fall Century bike ride drawing upwards of 800 riders and their families to Mammoth this weekend, occupancy rates in lodges and hotels are expected to jump to 43 percent, the town's Tourism Bureau announced Thursday.by Mammoth Local Staff
The director of the fledgling Mammoth Lakes Theatre Company asked the Town Council for immediate financial help at the council's regular meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 5. Shira Dubrovner, who founded the company in the space formerly occupied by the Plaza Theatre (cinema), ssuggested the town divert development impact fees her way, the faster the better.by Mammoth Local Staff
The numbers of hatchery fish in Mono County dropped from 465,700 last season to just 389,000 this year, and due to the effects of the New Zealand Mud Snail in the Hot Creek Hatchery, the number of lakes that have been stocked dropped from more than 30 to just six.by Mammoth Local Staff
A 26-year-old Bridgeport man faces multiple felony counts after he was charged with breaking in to a Mono County Sheriff's Department vehicle and stealing a rifle and a flashlight.September 05, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Steve Searles, Mammoth's "Bear Man" who was fired from the Mammoth Lakes Police Department last March, sat passively among a throng of supporters at a Town Council meeting Wednesday night, Sept. 5, in the wake of this summer's burgeoning "bear problem." But Searles' apparent detachment was a total disguise.by Mammoth Local Staff
An earthquake measuring 3.1 on the Richter scale shook a mountainous region near Mammoth shortly before 6 a.m. on Friday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.September 04, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
The Mono County Sheriff's Department has joined a massive regional search for a missing airplane said to be carrying aviation adventurer Steve Fossett, the first person to circle the world solo in a balloon.by Mammoth Local Staff
Unusually strong winds combined with unusually low humidity will affect Mammoth and the Eastern Sierra today, Sept. 4, the National Weather service said in a pair of warnings.September 03, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Greg Lemond, the legendary three-time Tour de France winner whose trip to Mammoth in 1987 was cut short by a horrific hunting accident, will be an honorary cyclist at the High Sierra Fall Century bike ride on Saturday, Sept. 8, organizers announced.View image
September 02, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Charter air service to Mammoth from Carlsbad, North Las Vegas and Mesa, Ariz. could become a reality if the town and the airline can agree to terms.September 01, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Mammoth police busted three men who are alleged to have been involved in a brazen midnight burglary at a mid-town residence.August 31, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
The long-awaited construction of the 5.3-mile Lakes Basin bike path will begin Sept. 4, Mammoth town officials announced. A public meeting to explain the project also was scheduled, for Sept. 13 at 4 p.m.August 30, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Visitors to Mammoth on the last big weekend of the summer will fill lodging to 56 percent of capacity, according to projections released Thursday.August 29, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
An earthquake measuring 3.1 in the Richter scale struck a mountainous area south of Mammoth at 8:27 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 29, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.View image
by Mammoth Local Staff
The new supervisor of the Inyo National Forest is a 54-year-old bicycle commuter, a Capitol Hill insider and a former recreation specialist in the Aspen District on the White River National Forest in Colorado, with responsibility for some of the nation's largest ski areas.August 28, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Gary Myers, an active community leader who served as the chief of Mammoth Hospital for the last 13 years, announced his resignation from his post as CEO, effective Dec. 31. "It's been an immensely pleasurable time in my life to work alongside such intelligent and dedicated professionals and to have had the opportunity to learn so much from everyone," he said.View image
by Mammoth Local Staff
Fresno halfpipe specialist Andy Finch, who rides out of Mammoth, won the Australian Open halfpipe snowboarding championship last weekend, while streaking Mason Aguirre of Mammoth finished ninth.by Mammoth Local Staff
Mammoth long-distance runner Deena Kastor was candid and introspect after her disappointing sixth-place finish in last weekend's 10,000-meter race at the World Track and Field Championships in Osaka, Japan. "I lacked fire, drive, ambition, fight," she said.August 27, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
After five years of contentious wrangling, Mammoth Mountain Ski Area is about to close a purchase that will prevent most of a 110-acre portion of the west side of Mono Lake from being developed. Supporters of the Mono Basin Scenic Area were ecstatic about the deal, in which the ski area finally wrested control over the land from Bill Cunningham.View image
August 24, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
It's a little hard to fathom that the end of summer is approaching, but nature and numbers don't lie. There's the thud-thud-thud of pine cones dropping; the creeks in the high country are mere trickles and the town occupancy rate, surging throughout late July and August, will drop to 57 percent this coming weekend.August 18, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
High winds and extremely low humidity will combine this weekend, creating dangerous fire conditions, the National Weather Service warned. A "fire weather watch" is in effect for Sunday morning throughout the day, forecasters said in a statement issued Saturday morning.by Mammoth Local Staff
The political action group "Advocates for Mammoth" said its members will support the General Plan that the Town Council passed Wednesday night, Aug. 15.August 17, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Mammoth's Town Council on Wednesday approved the General Plan Update document, ending nearly five years of wrangling, discussion and debate. But the one remaining hot-button issue, what to do with the open-space "Bell-Shaped Parcel", was left unresolved.August 14, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
An 80-year-old Indiana woman who was reported missing in Yosemite National Park was found dead on Tuesday, Aug. 14, in the Echo Creek drainage southwest of Tuolumne Meadows.by Mammoth Local Staff
Yosemite National Park rangers raided three large marijuana plantations on Monday, Aug. 13, seizing 7,428 mature plants. Law enforcement officials put a value of the planting operations at $22 million.August 13, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
A 56-year-old Nevada man was killed Sunday, Aug. 13, when his glider crashed near Boundary Peak in the White Mountains, according to a spokesperson for the Mono County Sheriff's Department.by Mammoth Local Staff
The Town Council this week is expected to approve a $50,000 expenditure for Phase II of a project that attempts to unite the town and Mammoth Mountain Ski Area under a single identity.August 06, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
The search for an 80-year-old Indiana woman in Yosemite National Park was scaled back on Monday, Aug. 6, with Ottorina Bonaventure still missing.August 04, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Armed with slides showing devastation caused by the Lake Tahoe Angora fire earlier this summer, Fire Chief Brent Harper told the Town council earlier this week that it would cost up to $100,000 to reduce fuel in Mammoth's most vulnerable area.by Mammoth Local Staff
The Mammoth Town Council took a swing at approving the General Plan Update earlier this week but whiffed, postponing a final vote on the document until its meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 15.August 02, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
The euthanization of a resident Lakes Basin bear has wildlife advocates in an uproar--and the California Department of Fish and Game on the defensive.by Mammoth Local Staff
Faced with higher than expected bids for Mammoth's new ice rink, the Town Council on Wednesday decided to build a temporary rink for this winter, with neither a roof, a permanent foundation, a finished parking lot nor fire sprinkler system.by Mammoth Local Staff
Mammoth can't get a whole lot more full than it will be this weekend, according to projections released Thursday by the town's Tourism Bureau. Occupancy rates will swell to 79 percent, by far the biggest weekend so far this summer.August 01, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
A monument memorializing the three Mammoth Ski Patrollers who died in a horrific April 2006 accident will be dedicated in a public ceremony on the morning of Saturday, Aug. 25, at the top of Mammoth Mountain.by Mammoth Local Staff
An 80-year old Indiana woman who has a history of memory loss and confusion was reported lost in Yosemite National Park, rangers said, and a large-scale search for her is underway.by Mammoth Local Staff
Mammoth's proposed $3.4 million ice rink could be a reality by this winter, but it would open at the end of December without landscaping, a finished parking lot or a fire-sprinkler system.by Mammoth Local Staff
Mammoth's Town Council was within one vote of approving the General Plan Update as it moved into its meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 1. Should the council adopt the plan, it would end a process that began nearly five years ago.July 27, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Roger Staubach, the Hall of Fame quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys and a real estate mogul in Texas, has bought the Hillside Project in Mammoth, with the intent in creating a Ritz-Calrton hotel there.July 25, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Some 50,000 marijuana plants were confiscated and two burned bodies discovered in a raid on a marijuana plantation in the Sierra foothills outside Independence.by Mammoth Local Staff
The Town of Mammoth Lakes will not buy the Snowcreek Athletic Club and owner Linda Dempsey will not donate the facility as a tax write off, the Town Council decided.July 22, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
The National Weather Service issued a fire weather watch for Mammoth and the High Sierra on Monday, predicting "dry" thunderstorms and a chance for lightning-induced wildfires.July 20, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Just when everything seemed to be proceeding smoothly in Mammoth's four-year effort to redraw its General Plan, the Town Council hit a snag Wednesday, July 18, over the issue of how to zone the so-called Bell-Shaped Parcel.July 19, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Occupancy in town for this weekend is projected at a robust 55 percent, and will drop only slightly during the weekdays following, to 44 percent. The surrounding campgrounds report near-full occupancy, so watch out for errant lures, flies, hiking poles and water bottles.July 18, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
A Sept. 8 tribute event in honor of Mammoth Mountain Ski Area founder Dave McCoy and his wife, Roma, will combine a gala dinner, a 100-mile road bike event and a golf tournament at Sierra Star Golf Course, organizers announced.by Mammoth Local Staff
Main Street would have two more traffic lights, at the Post Office and at Mountain Blvd., under a sweeping, town-wide traffic proposal crafted by Police Chief Randy Schienle and Public Works Director Ray Jarvis.July 17, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
A light earthquake, measuring 2.9 on the Richter scale, struck a mountainous area near Mammoth Friday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.by Mammoth Local Staff
A bad snow year, coupled with a short ski season, sent Mammoth's tax revenues spiraling downward off budget, and it is expected the town will end the fiscal year $559,000 off budget.July 16, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
A 56-year-old Fullerton woman, who was bound for Mammoth from Yosemite National Park, was killed last weekend when her car plunged 1,500 feet in a crash on the "Blue Slide" section of the Tioga Road, Mono County authorities said.July 12, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
With the Jazz Jubilee drawing its annual crowd, Mammoth is jammed this weekend, with lodging officials projecting 60 percent of occupancy.July 10, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
The Inyo Complex Fire near Independence is contained, according to U.S. Forest Service spokesperson Nancy Upham. In all, 35,176 acres burned.by Mammoth Local Staff
The National Weather Service on Tuesday issued a hazardous storm outlook for Mammoth and the Eastern Sierra, saying scattered showers and thunderstorms could produce locally heavy rainfall and strong winds through Wednesday.July 09, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
The Inyo Complex Fire near Independence is contained, according to U.S. Forest Service spokesperson Nancy Upham. In all, 35,176 acres burned.July 05, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Mammoth will fill to 58 percent of its lodging capacity this weekend, according to new figures published Thursday, July 5. The projection is well off the 70 percent capacities experienced around the Fourth of July last year, when the holiday fell on a Tuesday instead of smack dab in the middle of the week.by Mammoth Local Staff
As if hot, arid conditions aren't enough, the National Weather Service on Thursday, July 5 added lightning to its mix of warnings.July 04, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
It was hot. It was crowded. It had kitsch in spades. In other words, Mammoth's annual Fourth of July parade was just about perfect, from the 4-H Club's lineup of goats, sheep and llamas to Mammoth Mountain's elaborate, whiteout float featuring the ski hill's new "Cloud 9 Express" chairlift.View image View image View image View image
July 03, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Temperatures that threaten all-time records are forecast for Mammoth and the Eastern Sierra this week. Forecasters at the National Weather Service said temperatures could reach into the 90s, with the scorcher due on Thursday, July 5, when it is possible that Mammoth could graze the 100-degree mark.July 01, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
For years people have assumed that there was a churning, roiling, white-hot magma chamber deep under Mammoth's Resurgent Dome, and that it was responsible for pushing the geologic formation upwards. At any time, the assumption went, forces within the earth -- an earthquake? -- would push the magma to the surface. Ka-blooey! But it isn't so, as it turns out.View image
June 30, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Stringent fire restrictions were placed on the woodlands and deserts in Mammoth and the Eastern Sierra, beginning Friday, June 29, according to a joint announcement by the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management.June 29, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Mammoth will fill to just 42 percent of its lodging capacity this weekend and just 47 percent for the July 6-7 weekend, a far cry from the 70 percent capacities the town experienced last year during the Fourth of July week.June 28, 2007
by Andy Selters
I have a friend, Brad, who fled a middle-management career to find a more active life in Mammoth. With his multiple skills and optimistic attitude, he cobbled together a full plate of jobs, made a lot of friends, and found a lot of truth in a respectable amount of skiing and climbing. Brad became fit and enthusiastic about life, but one day he just announced that he had to leave. He explained that he'd been living half off of his credit card and couldn't make ends meet here, much less build a financial future. In a matter of hours he was driving to Sacramento to start over again, in commercial real estate. The Eastern Sierra has a rare beauty that calls as if from on high. But coming, like Brad, to find a freer life and then riding off on a horse of hard reality has become a revolving-door theme.June 27, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
The National Weather Service issued a "red flag" fire weather watch for Mammoth and the Eastern Sierra, effective Thursday morning, June 28 and lasting throughout the day.June 22, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Updated Friday, 9:25 a.m.In the face of strident questioning from some residents of Old Mammoth Road, the Town Council on Wednesday slapped back a plan that would have initiated year-round bus service to the top of the narrow, winding street on July 1.
June 21, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Suddenly it's summer. Mammoth's otherwise sleepy streets are going to starting jumping this coming weekend, according to projections by the town's Visitors Bureau.by Mammoth Local Staff
A fire weather watch for Mono County was issued by the National Weather Service, beginning on Friday morning and lasting through Saturday.by Mammoth Local Staff
Kendra Knight has been selected as a contract curator for the Mammoth Ski Museum, according to Ruth Harrell, the development director of the Mammoth Lakes Foundation.June 20, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Updated 10:26 p.m. WednesdaySpeeding traffic and rumbling construction rigs on rustic Old Mammoth Road have become such a big problem that the Town Council is considering placing speed bumps, additional stop signs and increased enforcement on the road.
by Mammoth Local Staff
Mammoth Town Councilmember Skip Harvey took over as the town's mayor on Wednesday night, and he walked straight into a hornet's nest. "God, I've lost about 10 pounds of sweat running down my back," he declared halfway through a lively council meeting.June 19, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
The July issue of Mammoth Monthly magazine, featuring essays by Andy Selters, Wendilyn Grasseschi and Ghia Camille, have begun distribution throughout the Eastern Sierra and Southern California. The magazines can be found at all the familiar places, including the entryways at Vons.View image
June 18, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Six roads have been identified by the Mammoth Public Works Department for grinding and re-surfacing this year, with a proposed start date of July 9.by Mammoth Local Staff
A 37-year Japanese man on Saturday slipped and fell to his death while ascending the Half Dome cables in Yosemite National Park, park officials said.by Mammoth Local Staff
Representatives of the Mexican government in Northern California will be making their first diplomatic visit to Mammoth in what is called a "Consulado Movil" or Mobile Consulate, this Saturday, June 23 from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. at Eagle Lodge, Mammoth Communications Manager Stuart Brown announced.June 15, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
With the Mammoth Motocross revving up this weekend and with the Mono Basin Bird Chautuaqua in full chirp, the first wave of summer tourists will hit town. Lodging in Mammoth will fill to 38 percent, according to fiigures released on Thursday by the town's Visitors Bureau.June 14, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
A 51-year-old Onyx, Calif. man was arrested Thursday on multiple counts of arson, attempted burglary and vandalism, Mammoth police reported.June 12, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
A series of at least 10 earthquakes shook the Mammoth area throughout the day on Tuesday, June 12, with the highest magnitude quake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale.June 10, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Mammoth Mountain Ski Area cancelled its 2007 "Life and Wellness" conference on Friday, Aug. 10, a spokesperson announced.June 07, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
The town's revamped shuttle service begins June 15, and members of local commissions and media outlets got a look at some of the new vehicles and a new route on Wednesday.by Mammoth Local Staff
Updated Thursday 10 a.m.The Larson Fire, which continued to burn in Coleville on Thursday, is approximately 50 percent contained, fire officials said. U.S. Hwy. 395 is now fully re-opened, as well.
by Mammoth Local Staff
The organizers of the popular Mammoth Jazz Jubilee, saying they lost a $50,000 sponsor for this year's event, won a $15,000 bailout from the Town Council on Wednesday.by Mammoth Local Staff
Led by a group that included Mammoth Mountain CEO Rusty Gregory, Mammoth business interests on Wednesday, June 6 succeeded in convincing the Town Council to drive down the cost of developer impact fees.May 30, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
In honor of National Trails Day, the non-profit groups Mammoth Lakes Trails and Public Access (MLTPA) and Friends of the Inyo are leading activities in Mammoth Lakes on Saturday, June 2, 2007.by Mammoth Local Staff
For a small tourist town of just 7,000 permanent souls, Mammoth comes up big when it comes to trash. Volunteers collected a staggering 191,000 pounds of trash, plastic water bottles, construction debris, junk and other detritus in the town's annual cleanup day.May 24, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Mammoth will fill to 47 percent of its lodging capacity this Memorial Day Weekend, with fine mountain weather in the forecast. In Bishop, meanwhile, Mule Days crowds have packed the town.May 21, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
The Inyo National Forest, founded by President Theodore Roosevelt as a means to protect land for the Los Angeles Aqueduct, turns 100 on Friday, May 25. Since its founding, the forest has grown from 221,324 acres in 1907 to 2.1 million acres and is home to, among other things, Mammoth Mountain Ski Area.May 20, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Skip Harvey, the Mammoth councilmember who is next in line to become mayor, is expected to take over from outgoing Mayor Kirk Stapp at the Town Council meeting on Wednesday. Councilmember Wendy Sugimura is expected to be named mayor pro-tempore.May 18, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Yosemite National Park put fire restrictions into place on Friday, May 18, in what officials said could be a "potentially long and severe fire season."May 17, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
With Town Councilmember Neil McCarroll saying Mammoth police "know the difference between kids waiting for a ride" and "Jacuzzi-hoppers," the Town Council rebuffed pleas by two local women for the council to quash the idea.by Mammoth Local Staff
It may have been a dismal winter for much of the local economy but the town escaped serious damage, according to Brad Koehn, the town’s financial director.by Mammoth Local Staff
Groundbreaking ceremonies for the first dormitory at Cerro Coso Cummunity College will be Friday, June 15 at one o'clock, with a champagne toast.May 11, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
A state official said that the number of citations for selling alcohol to minors in Mammoth represented "a high violation rate, way above average."by Mammoth Local Staff
The Lake Mary Road opened Friday, May 11, but there are still plenty of vestiges of winter in the Lakes Basin. The only open water is on Twin Lakes, with snow and ice still clogging the upper lakes, Mary, Mamie, Horseshoe and George.May 10, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
The Tioga Road, connecting the west side of the Sierra to Lee Vining through Yosemite National Park over Tioga Pass, opened Friday, May 11. Because of the thin snowpack this past winter, the opening is among the earliest on record.by Monica Prelle
The chief of the Long Valley Fire Protection District has a new plan for fire protection in what promises to be an unusually dry summer.by Monica Prelle
The Inyou National Forest inteds to issue new maps of off-highway routes through the forest, according to Marty Hornick, who announced to plan at a meeting of the Mono County Collaborative Planning Team.by Mammoth Local Staff
Cyclists in Mammoth will participate in the national "Bike-To-Work Week" May 14-18, adding a "Ride of Silence" to commemorate cyclists who have been killed or injured on our roads.May 04, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
The Tioga Road through Yosemite National Park has been plowed, but the National Park Service has not yet set a date for its opening, according to the park's Web site. The road, Rte. 120, connects the West Side of the Sierra to the East at Lee Vining.by Mammoth Local Staff
The Inyo National Forest, Mammoth Ranger District, is proposing to implement a project to improve meadow wildlife habitat at Upper Crater Meadow in the Ansel Adams Wilderness, southwest of Mammoth Mountain, according to USFS spokesperson Nancy Upham. The primary objective is to improve meadow habitat for the Yosemite toad, a species of amphibian that lives only in high mountain meadows of the Sierra Nevada.by Mammoth Local Staff
Mike Schlafmann, who many in the Eastern Sierra know as the Winter Sports Specialist on the Inyo National Forest, has been promoted to the position of Deputy District Ranger for the Mammoth and Mono Lake Ranger Districts, according to Inyo spokesperson Nancy Upham.by Mammoth Local Staff
A “chip event” is scheduled in Mammoth Lakes for Saturday May 19, in conjunction with the Town Clean-Up Day, in order to assist homeowners in the disposal of fuels around their homes, the U.S. Forest Service announced.May 02, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Stacy Corless won third place for feature writing from the Outdoor Writers Association of California for her story about a trans-Sierra hike from Clover Meadow to Mammoth.May 01, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
The National Weather Service issued a wind advisory in effect at 11 a.m. The wind advisory was part of a cold storm carrying snow that moved into the Seirra early today and is expected to end by Thursday.April 29, 2007
by Monica Prelle
Jeff Bailey, U.S. Forest Service Inyo District Supervisor whose June 30 retirement was announced earlier in the spring, said good-bye to his inter-agency colleagues on the Mono County Collaborative Planning Team.April 28, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
The Town of Mammoth Lakes announced a May 8 special joint meeting of the Town Council, the Planning Commission and the Tourism and Recreation Commission, focusing on resort economic development.April 27, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Mammoth's notoriously slow high-speed internet access will get a jump start this year, thanks to a $1.2 million network upgrade scheduled to start in May.April 26, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
With the promise of excellent weather and the ice gone from many local lakes, Opening Day anglers will fill Mammoth's hotels, lodges and condos to 49 perccent capacity this weekend, according to the town's Visitors Bureau.by Mammoth Local Staff
After four years of often contentious discussion, the town's General Plan Update will move to the Town Council on July 18. The document's revision took four times as long as it took to build the Empire State Building.April 25, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Craig Olson, a senior planner for the Town of Mammoth Lakes, died suddenly Tuesday night, April 24, at his home, according to Stuart Brown, the town's community relations manager.by Mammoth Local Staff
Two earthquakes, the first measuring 3.4 on the Richter scale, rattled the Eastern Sierra early Friday afternoon.April 24, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Two hundred fourteen chairs from the old Chair 9 have been placed on sale, Mammoth Mountain Ski Area announced on Tuesday, April 24. The chairs will go for $100 apiece, and the proceeds will be a non-taxable donation to the Gena Hodges Fund.by Mammoth Local Staff
Unusually high temperatures throughout the state in March triggered an earlier than normal start to the West Nile virus (WNV) season, State Public Health Officer Dr. Mark Horton warned on Tuesday.by Mammoth Local Staff
A series of strange rock structures alongside U.S. Hwy. 395 in the lava beds south of Big Pine started showing up recently.View image 1 View image 2 View image 3 View image 4
April 22, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
A noted expert in real estate development and trails will speak in Mammoth this week as part of "The Developers' Forum," a new organization among builders, developers and the Mammoth Lakes Trails and Public Access (MLTPA).by Mammoth Local Staff
The water department directed restaurants to not serve water unless requested by customers, hotels to post announcements asking visitors to not waste water and said officials will monitor high-use customers.April 20, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
A request by Mammoth police to implement a 10 p.m. curfew won the approval of the youths it would affect, mostly because the kids thought there already was a curfew in place.April 19, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Whether it's at the lifts, the post office, Vons, wherever, there's no waiting. The town's visitor occupancy rate, which measures hotels, condos and lodges, is at 31 percent this coming weekend, and it will drop to 11 percent, starting Sunday evening.by Mammoth Local Staff
Mammoth will get additional high-speed Internet access by the end of this year, a Verizon executive told the Town Council Wednesday night. "This is good for businesses and good for residents," said Michael Page, the director of government and external affairs for the company.April 18, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Town Council member Skip Harvey, a restrauteur whose Base Camp Cafe is adjacent to the town's Third of July "block party," on Wednesday took preemptive action against possible charges of conflict of interest. "I want to party," he said.by Mammoth Local Staff
The number of skiers and snowboarders at Mammoth Mountain is down by 23 percent, while revenue at the ski area is down by 18 percent, according to Rusty Gregory, the CEO of Mammoth Mountain Ski Area.by Brandon Russell
Dave McCoy was the star at his College Classic, the annual fundraising event that this year drew Warren Miller, Darren Rahlves and MSNBC news anchor Alex Witt.April 16, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
The Mammoth Ski Museum's 2008 calendar, featuring 12 vintage ski posters from its collection, was released on Monday, April 16, according to Mammoth Lakes Foundation development director Ruth Harrell.by Mammoth Local Staff
Mammoth's Deena Kastor won the U.S. Women's Marathon Championship on Monday despite a disappointing fifth-place finish at the Boston Marathon.April 14, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
An earthquake measuring 3.1 on the Richter scale struck the Eastern Sierra on Friday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It was followed by a microearthquake on Saturday and was part of a weeklong series of small quakes along the Hilton Creek fault.April 13, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
The Lake Mary Road to the Lakes Basin is projected to open May 11, according to the Forest Service, and the Red's Meadow Road to Devils Postpile National Monument and the Red's Meadow Valley are tentatively scheduled to open May 29.by Mammoth Local Staff
Because of the light winter snowfall, Mammoth water officials are considering asking for conservation measures in the town this coming summer.by Mammoth Local Staff
Deena Kastor, Mammoth's Olympian long distance runner, multiple long distance record holder and marathon bronze medalist in the Athens Olympics, will have a day in her honor. A proclamation designating April 29 as "Deena Kastor Day" in Mammoth was approved by the Town Council.View image
April 12, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Tourism levels will sink to their seasonal lows this weekend in Mammoth, although the Snow Gods will be in town, apparently unwilling to give up on winter.April 11, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
A small earthquake measuring 3.0 on the Richter scale lightly shook the mountains between Mammoth and Tom's Place Wednesday afternoon, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The earthquake, which struck at 4:57 p.m., was exactly at the magnitude that people nearby might have felt it, according to the USGS.April 09, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
A new storm that on Wednesday could dump as much as a foot of snow onto Mammoth Mountain began to take shape over the weekend, according to the National Weather Service in Reno.April 07, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Dick Goetzman, a longtime member of the Mammoth Lakes Foundation and a U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association president, died this past week at his home in Long Beach, the USSA announced. His death followed a series of recent health and medical problems, USSA President and CEO Bill Marolt said.April 06, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
On the one-year anniversary of the deaths of three ski patrollers on Mammoth Mountain, the ski area on Friday, April 6 posted a "We Won't Forget" memorial on its Web site, while friends and family of James Juarez gathered for a short memorial at the top of the 11,052-foot ski hill.by Mammoth Local Staff
Starwood Capital's real estate branch announced that it would invest as much as $1 billion in new projects in Mammoth. Plus, the company unveiled a new Web site called Same/New.by Mammoth Local Staff
The road into Schulman Grove in the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest opened Friday, April 6 - the earliest road opening in 20 years.April 05, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Former Mammoth mayor Rick Wood spoke before the Town Council Wednesday night, urging his former colleagues to keep development moving forward for the sake of Mammoth's economy.by Mammoth Local Staff
Occupancy rates for the Easter weekend in Mammoth will be slightly above 60 percent, while any chance of a warm, sunny holiday is falling by the wayside. Forecasters at the National Weather Service in Reno on Thursday, April 5 projected increasing cloudiness and falling temperatures through the weekend, with snow possible on Sunday.April 03, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
A small earthquake measuring 3.0 on the Richter scale struck Bishop late Tuesday afternoon, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.by Mammoth Local Staff
The annual Mammoth volunteer cleanup day has been set for May 19, well before the Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial start of summer.March 30, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
A federal judge on Friday, March 30, rejected Bush Administration rules that offered national forest managers less oversight in approving logging and other commercial projects, and which also curtailed some environmental reviews. U.S. District Court Judge Phyllis Hamilton ruled that the government failed to adequately consider the effects the rules would have on the environment and neglected to properly gather public comment on the issue, according to documents posted on the Justice Department's Web site on Friday afternoon.by Mammoth Local Staff
Mammoth has a strong message for wildlife poachers: kill a bear, go to jail, which is exactly where James K. Brost is headed.by Mammoth Local Staff
The National Forest Service announced a new series of prescribed burns for the next several weeks, with the burns concentrated near Mammoth and the Mono Basin. Smoke may be visible at times from Highways 395, 120 and 203 as well as from Mono City, Lee Vining, June Lake, Mammoth Lakes, and Crowley Lake, the Forest Service said.by Mammoth Local Staff
The Sierra snowpack this spring is just 42 percent of normal, its lowest in the last 17 years, according to California Department of Water Resources. "If next winter is similar (to this one), then we could be looking at some tight times," said Frank Gehrke, the snow survey chief.by Mammoth Local Staff
The Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area Visitor Center, located in Lee Vining, will re-open Thursday, April 5, the national Forest Service announced. The Visitor Center will be open Thursday through Monday 9-4:30 and will be closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Beginning Thursday, May 24, the Visitor Center will be open seven days a week through the Labor Day holiday.March 27, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Early indicators show that Mammoth wants a dog park, and residents who showed up for a meeting on March 25 said they wanted dog training programs, too.by Mark Schlenz
Supplied with only a tarp, some water jugs, and little if any food, the school's "students" cross thresholds in their lives through a carefully guided rite of passage known as a Vision Fast. Developing the Vision Fast, founders Meredith Little and the late Steven Foster may have achieved for passage rites what author Joseph Campbell accomplished for mythologies.March 25, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
A public meeting on the Inyo National Forest master plan for developed recreation sites will be on Tuesday, April 3, 6:30-8:30 p.m. in Bishop. At the meeting, which is at the Interagency Building on West Line Road at Pacu Lane, a presentation will be made on the Recreation Site Master Planning process that all national forests throughout the country are currently going through, plus public input will be sought regarding the developed recreation sites on the Inyo.by Mammoth Local Staff
Opening Day of the wooding season is May 1 this year, and permits will begin distribution one week earlier, the Inyo National Forest announced. Maps showing areas open to cutting are available with a purchased fuelwood permit. Fuelwood permits are $14 a cord with a two cord minimum purchase.March 24, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Forecasters at the National Weather Service said Mammoth could receive a foot of snow in a storm that will begin with high winds on Monday.March 23, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
For the first time ever, Mammoth post office users can recycle their junk mail in a new program instituted this past week. However, Postmaster Gary Fultz warned citizens to beware of privacy issues inherent in the program, and suggested people do not include documents containing "sensitive or personal information."by Mammoth Local Staff
Much of the money raised at the Dave McCoy Classic will go toward financing the first on-campus student housing at Cerro Coso Community College.March 22, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
With the vernal equinox now in the rearview mirror and with Easter Week coming into view, visitor numbers are taking their usual spring dive.March 21, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Smoke will be visible from Benton Crossing Road, Forest Road 4502 and several communities for "the next few weeks" as the Forest Service carries out prescribed burning in the Casa Diablo area.March 19, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Steve Searles, Mammoth's "Bear Man," turned in his badge last Thursday. "And I've been crying ever since," said the erstwhile wildlife specialist for the Mammoth Lakes Police Department. Was it good bear behavior or his extra-curricular crime fighting that cost Searles his job?March 16, 2007
by George Shirk
As he approaches the end of his career with the Forest Service, Inyo Supervisor Jeff Baily remembered what it was like at the beginning: " I couldn't imagine myself doing a 9-to-5 job or being in an office in some large city somewhere and not have access to the outdoors. So I checked into forestry. It just felt good to me - it felt like it was what I wanted to do." A 2004 Q&A from Mammoth Monthly.by Mammoth Local Staff
Members of Mammoth's lodging industry reported that they expect the town t fill to 87 percent of capacity this weekend before dropping to 45 percent next week.March 15, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
The Inyo National Forest is getting a new leader. Jeff Bailey, who has served as the Inyo's Forest Supervisor for nine years, has announced his retirement. June 30 will be his last day on the job. Plus, a 2004 Q&A from Mammoth Monthly, called "Seeing The Forest From The Trees."March 13, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Daron Rahlves, widely regarded as the most successful American speed racer of all time, will appear at the Dave McCoy College Classic March 16-17 at Mammoth Mountain.by Mammoth Local Staff
The body of a Thousand Oaks man was pulled from under the ice at Gull Lake on Monday, one day after he failed to surface during a "free dive."March 12, 2007
by Stacy Corless
Mammoth's iconoclastic "Bear Man," Steve Searles, is in trouble over his production and distribution of anti-crime bumper stickers.March 10, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Five years ago, a woman was tackled from behind and assaulted while skiing on Mammoth Mountain. Her attacker injected her with the human and animal anesthesia Ketamine and left her unconscious on the snow before fleeing on his snowboard. Last week, police arrested a suspect in the case.March 09, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Lodging industry participants anticipate that Mammoth will be 84 percent of capacity this coming weekend, according to the town's Visitors Bureau.by Mammoth Local Staff
An pair of earthquakes, the first measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale, shook the mountains northeast of Sonora Junction shortly after 3 a.m. on Friday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.March 06, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
The "Top of the Sierra Interpretive Center," a long envisioned project for the 11,053-foot top of Mammoth Mountain Ski Area, will open March 17 with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 11 a.m., ski area officials announced on Tuesday.View image
March 05, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Bob Hattoy, the president of the California Fish and Game Commission who worked in the Clinton White House and as the Los Angeles regional director of the Sierra Club, died Sunday morning, March 4. He was 56. Hattoy died of complications of AIDS at the University of California, Davis Medical Center, said Adrianna Shea of the Fish and Game Commission.by Mammoth Local Staff
A weekend-long search for a deaf, 17-year-old dog produced no results, its human companion said Monday. Lisa Hunt, a Berkeley resident who said "Oofie" was last seen two weeks ago at the parking lot of the Lower Owens River Gorge, said she is holding out hope that the mixed breed dog is still somehow among the living.View image
by Mammoth Local Staff
A fundraiser to help with expenses associated with last January's high school flood is set for March 10 at Sherwin's Folly off Old Mammoth Road. The flood, caused by bursting pipes during a cold snap, caused heavy damage to the school's music department.by Mammoth Local Staff
Commercial air service to Mammoth, scheduled for the beginning of next ski season, has been pushed back to December 2008. The delay is due to Mammoth's inability to complete the Environmental Impact Statement, a requirement of the National Environmental Policy Act. The EIS is required if the town is to receive funding and approval of the project from the Federal Aviation Administration.March 03, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
The search is on for an aging, beloved companion, last seen in the Owens River Gorge. Described as black and fluffy with a grey muzzle, 17-year-old Oofie’s situation is especially critical since she can’t hear.March 02, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
The annual lecture series by the Sierra Nevada Research Laboratory (SNARL) begins May 2 with Dr. James Patton, curator of mammals at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at the University of California Berkeley's department of integrative biology.by Mammoth Local Staff
The Mammoth Lakes Fire Department (MLFD), which has been an all-volunteer force with the exception of its two top officers, has hired two new full-time firefighters, officials said. Fire Chief Harper said Shawn Stacy and David "Dusty" Renner have been named as full-time firefighters.by Mammoth Local Staff
Mammoth police busted 19 Mammoth High School students on alcohol charges last weekend, even though some of the students had earlier signed an "alcohol abstention pledge" in order to participate in extra-curricular activities.March 01, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Mammoth's innkeepers and hoteliers say skiers and snowboarders will fill 84 percent of available rooms and suites this weekend before a big dropoff next week.February 26, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Here's a helpful hint for anyone planning to heist groceries and booze from Vons: Leave the brass knuckles at home. The knuckles are considered an illiegal weapon, as Macon C. McLaughlin, 18, found out last week when he was busted for trying to take about $300 worth of stuff out of Mammoth's only supermarket.by Mammoth Local Staff
The proposed bike path linking Mammoth to the Lakes Basin will cost $13 million, with the bulk of the funds coming from state and federal grants, as well as development impact fees, according to a document released by the town.by Mammoth Local Staff
It’s on practically no one’s radar yet, but one of the gnarliest road projects in Mammoth’s history is set to begin in May. The Lake Mary Road, which in years past has become a victim of alarming disrepair, will be rebuilt over the course of three years. The construction will begin at the intersection of Minaret Road and will extend all the way out to Horseshoe Lake in the Lakes Basin.by Mammoth Local Staff
A winter storm Monday left one to two feet of new snow on Mammoth Mountain, according to ski area officials. More snow is expected through Wednesday, although the amounts are forecast in inches, not feet.February 25, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
The Mammoth Town Council, with an option of appointing three fresh faces to the Tourism and Recreation Commission, has decided to stick with the incumbents for four more years. Incumbents Tony Colasardo, an owner of Footloose Sports; Dieter Fiebiger, owner of Alpine Garage, and Shields Richardson, owner of the Side Door restaurant, all were reappointed at the council's meeting on Feb. 21.February 22, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
The winter may have been a bit late arriving, but now that it's here, skiers and snowboarders are jamming into town, according to figures released Thursday by the Mammoth Visitors Bureau.February 21, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
With the cost of a liquor license at $100,000 or more in Mono County, a California state senator is asking towns for direction on whether to press forward in getting as many as 10 new licenses, primarily in Mammoth Lakes.by Mammoth Local Staff
The Mammoth Town Council on Wednesday night began consideration of a 10 p.m. curfew for minors under 18 years old in an attempt to cut down on late-night trouble.February 19, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
A storm carrying as much as two feet of snow, accompanied by high winds is still on track for Mammoth on Wednesday and Thursday, according to a special weather statement issued by the National Weather Service on Monday, Feb. 19.February 15, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Mammoth tourism officials are forecasting a probable sellout for the upcoming three-day Presidents' Day Weekend, while weather forecasters are predicting significant new snow for next week. Projections from the lodging sector showed Thursday that the town was 95 percent sold out between Friday, Feb. 16 through Sunday, Feb. 18.February 14, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Officials of the California Department of Fish and Game said on Wednesday, Feb. 14, that they will modify trout distribution in the Mammoth high country following the discovery of New Zealand Mud Snails in the Hot Creek Hatchery, just south of Mammoth. DFG will allow an estimated 515,000 fish from Hot Creek Hatchery to be planted only into waters that have been surveyed and are mud-snail positive, such as the Owens River, Crowley Lake and Pleasant Valley Reservoir.by Mammoth Local Staff
Mono County Sheriff's deputies are investigating vandalism to three graves at the Mt. Morrison Cemetery near Mammoth. The Sheriff's office was notified of the damage on Friday, Feb. 9. When deputies arrived they spoke to several people who said that three grave sites had been vandalized. The type of vandalism consisted of items being broken off of the headstones and/or miscellaneous items being thrown onto the grave sites.by Mammoth Local Staff
Citizens serving on the town's four commissions on Wednesday, Feb. 14, gathered to hear the rollout of the newest (and 12th) version of the town's General Plan. After four years, the plan is inching close to approval.by Mammoth Local Staff
Citizens serving on the town's four commissions on Wednesday, Feb. 14, gathered to hear the rollout of the newest (and 12th) version of the town's General Plan. After four years, the plan is inching close to approval.February 11, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
In an effort to lure a major tourism and trade convention to Mammoth in 2009 or 2010, the Town Council voted last week to commit as much as $100,000 for the effort.February 08, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
In an act of irony that would out-do Ali G, the Mammoth Town Council on Wednesday adopted the "U.S. Mayors Climate Control Agreement." The agreement seeks to reduce greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide (CO2). The irony is that the earth itself is raising objections, at least in Mammoth, where the Horseshoe Lake Area dumps between 50 to 150 tons of CO2 into the atmosphere per day.by Mammoth Local Staff
With six candidates vying for three open seats on Mammoth's Tourism and Recreation Commission, the Town Council has decided to consider expanding the panel to nine members.by Brandon Russell
A plaque honoring four ski patrollers who were killed in two separate accidents last winter was presented to the Town Council, Wednesday, February 7 by Mammoth resident Leigh Gaasch. "This plaque belongs to the town and people of Mammoth," Gaasch said. "Take care of it for James, Greg, Johanna and John."by Mammoth Local Staff
Still wary from a less-than-good snowfall this season, visitors will fill the town to only 76 percent of capacity this coming weekend, according to the Mammoth Visitors Bureau. Moreover, in the week running up to the Presidents Day three-day holiday, lodging owners' numbers indicate that the town will fill to just 44 percent. For the Presidents Day Weekend, projections are now at 82 percent.by Brandon Russell
Citing Mammoth's need to design aesthetically agreeable buildings in new construction, the town council voted Wednesday, February 7 to allow Mammoth Mountain's proposed Eagle Lodge a 67-foot height variance. The vote, which would increase the building's maximum potential height from a height limit of 35 feet to 102 feet, was 3-1.View image
February 06, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
The relocated, refurbished and reconsidered Mammoth outdoor ice rink will be in action in December 2007, all for the low, low price of $2.1 million, the Town Council heard this past week.View image
by Mammoth Local Staff
Mammoth will have a Fourth of July fireworks show at Crowley Lake, the town's Tourism and Recreation Commission learned on Tuesday night.February 03, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
A Mammoth Mountain Ski Area executive on Friday sought to quash rumors that the resort had set a date for closing because of a lack of snow, saying, "no decisions are being discussed regarding an early closing date."February 02, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
An estimated 10,000 anglers packed into Crowley Lake last weekend for the fishing season opener in Mono County. The mid morning aerial survey team counted 519 boats. There were record-setting numbers of fish caught.February 01, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
A family account in the name of the late Gena Hodges has been established at Mammoth's Union Bank, according to a spokesperson for Mammoth Mountain Ski Area. Hodges, 43, a veterinarian known affectionately as "Dr. Gen," died on Sunday, Jan. 28 in a hospital in Loma Linda after lingering in a coma for nearly two weeks. She was pregnant with twins when she suffered a brain aneurysm.by Mammoth Local Staff
Visitor numbers continued to track alongside the Sierra's dry spell this week, with the lodging occupancy projections at just 71 percent for the coming weekend. However, current weather forecasts suggest a break by the latter part of next week, "just in time" for the Presidents Day Weekend holiday.January 31, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Soldiers wounded in Iraq or Afghanistan arrived in Mammoth on Tuesday, Jan. 30, then took to the mountain as part of the "Wounded Warrior" program.View image
January 29, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
With the results of snow surveys beginning to dribble in from various points across California, it appears that the snow level is just about what anyone would expect: about one-third of average for Feb. 1.by Brandon Russell
The Mammoth Town Council is investigating why Internet connection speeds are so slow at certain times of the day and on certain days of the week.January 27, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
June Mountain Ski Area closed for the season on Sunday, Jan. 28, because of a lack of snow, resort officials announced.January 25, 2007
by Monica Prelle
Nothing brings out a party quite like a Planning Commission agenda that includes zoning amendments on such things as parking, setback allowances, then adds a new hurdle for homes that are over 3,000 square feet.by Mammoth Local Staff
Visitor levels in Mammoth continue to track alongside the snow level, which is to say they're both low.January 23, 2007
by George Shirk
Mammoth is teaming up with the Post Office, the Sierra Conservation Project and Mammoth Disposal to help residents recycle the "vast" amount of junk mail they receive, the town announced Tuesday.January 22, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Casey McCoy, the Bishop off-road motocyclist who learned to ride dirt while growing up in the Eastern Sierra, finished 31st in the 29th running of the grueling Dakar Rally motorcycle race on Sunday.View image
January 21, 2007
by Bump Diamond
Mammoth Mountain CEO Rusty Gregory, now a member of Barry Sternlicht's globetrotting Starwood Capital gang, is preparing for his second trip to Russia in as many months as the company looks to acquire Russian properties. In particular, Starwood, the principal owner of Mammoth Mountain Ski Area, is looking to possibly acquire Krasnaya Polyana, a resort in the Caucasian Mountains near the Black Sea.January 20, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Forecasters at the National Weather Service, as well as local forecaster Howard Sheckter, say there is no snow in sight for the snow-starved Sierra, although a system may possibly rumble through the mountains around Groundhog Day.January 18, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
It doesn't take a sharp eye to see that there's still not much snow on the ground in Mammoth and that the usual January tourist throng isn't here, either. But now there are numbers to prove just how ugly it is.by Mammoth Local Staff
The Mammoth Town Council on Wednesday, Jan. 17, scheduled interviews for the six candidates who are seeking three open spots on the Tourism and Recreation Commission.by Mammoth Local Staff
The Mammoth Town Council on Wednesday, Jan. 17, signed an agreement with KMMT radio that would make the station an integral part of the town's emergency operations.by Mammoth Local Staff
The Mammoth Town Council on Wednesday approved a proposal to apply for $375,000 in state funds to help the police department in its traffic enforcement.January 17, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
An earthquake measuring 4.0 on the Richter scale shook Round Valley shortly after 6 a.m. on Wednesday,January 15, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
The Mammoth Town Council on Wednesday, Jan. 17 will consider a resolution that asks the federal government to open public lands to snowmobile use and keep open areas that currently allow them. The resolution will be brought forward by snowmo advocate Dick Noles, of Bishop, leader of the Advocates for Access to Public Lands. He appears at the invitation of Councilmember John Eastman.January 11, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Visitors to Mammoth for the three-day Martin Luther King Birthday weekend will fill only 73 percent of available lodging—down at least 10 percent from a year ago, according to figures released Thursday by the Mammoth Visitors Bureau.by Brandon Russell
Richard Somerville and Stuart Ostro, speakers on the saecond day of a two-day Operation Sierra Storm conference, came to Mammoth to set the record straight on global climate change. Fundamentally, they came to the conference from the same school of thought; that global climate change is, in fact, happening and the human contribution to that change must be curbed immediately. Their approach, though, had no such parallels.January 10, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
There are windy days and then there are the ones that are remarkable. Mammoth and the Eastern Sierra had a remarkable one on Wednesday, in advance of an intense cold front. On Mammoth Mountain, whose summit is 11,052 feet, Ski Patrol weather instruments recorded an 87 miles-an-hour gust at 1 p.m., while at Main Lodge, at 9,000 feet, weather instruments recorded a 55 miles-an-hour gust at about the same time.January 09, 2007
by Brandon Russell
Some of the world's authorities on climate change and meteorology congregated in Mammoth to discuss perspectives on global warming, evolving weather patterns and the economics behind it all. Amid the three hours of presentations Tuesday, one topic was noticeably neglected: winter's failure to arrive to the Eastern Sierra.by Mammoth Local Staff
No injuries were reported in a fire inside the historic Mono County Courthouse in Bridgeport Monday night.by Mammoth Local Staff
A memorial fund in the name of the late Tom Christiana has been formed through Union Bank in Mammoth, according to his wife, Debby Christiana. "In lieu of flowers, the fund has been set up to continue Tom's quiet, behind-the-scenes support of our community," she said. She also announced a Tom Christiana Celebration of Life for Saturday afternoon, Jan. 13 at 2 o'clock in the Mammoth High School multi-purpose room.January 08, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Wind chill factors could drop to as low as "30 to 40 degrees below zero" in the Mammoth area by the end of the week, according to a special weather statement issued Sunday afternoon by the National Weather Service in Reno.January 07, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
The sun broke through on Mammoth Mountain on Monday as Ski Patrol crews scrambled to open the lifts on the upper part of the mountain. Ground crews laid corduroy on top of five to seven new feet of snow on the lower part of the ski hill.January 05, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
A summit meeting involving all arts organizations in Mono County and Mammoth has been set for Jan. 16, meeting organizers announced.January 04, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
Having dealt with tourist pressure ranging between 73 percent of sold out to maximum sellouts over the holidays, Mammoth gets a breather next week when the occupancy rate in hotels and rented condos falls to 55 percent.by Mammoth Local Staff
June Mountain Ski Area is set to open Friday with a limited number of runs, thanks to a snowfall on Thursday. Conditions permitting, Mammoth's sister hill expects to have four chairlifts in operation tomorrow: J1, J2, J3 and J7. Still closed are the chutes, Deer Bowl, Davos Drop, Powder Chute and Sunset.by Mammoth Local Staff
Mammoth Mountain, the scene of eight deaths in a particularly tragic 2005-06 ski season, will participate in the National Ski Areas' Association Safety Awareness Week Jan. 13-19, the ski area announced.January 01, 2007
by Mammoth Local Staff
The arts scene in Mammoth took a dramatic leap on Wednesday when veteran arts promoter Gaye Mueller and new theater producer Shira Dubrovner teamed up and announced a series of new initiatives. Among the efforts is a sculpture project called "Trail of the Trout."by Mammoth Local Staff
"Operation Sierra Storm," the annual television meteorologists’ conference, is returning to the Village at Mammoth on Jan. 8-10 with leading experts addressing global warming.December 28, 2006
by Mammoth Local Staff
With fresh snow on the ground and the weather clearing, occupancy rates for Mammoth will continue to be high through the first week of January, new figures indicate.December 23, 2006
by Mammoth Local Staff
A pair of Mammoth teenagers were taken into custody on unrelated charges this past week, one on a weapons charge and the other for an assault with a deadly weapon in connection with a series of stabbings at a party.December 21, 2006
by Mammoth Local Staff
Projections by the Mammoth Visitors Bureau show there is still lodging available for the Christmas Week. Last season, the town sold out then was hit by a series of paralyzing storms.December 19, 2006
by Mammoth Local Staff
Three spots on the Mammoth Tourism and Recreation Commission will open early next year and the town is accepting applications to fill them.by Mammoth Local Staff
Silver Canyon, Wyman Canyon and the White Mountain Road past Sierra View have been closed for the winter due to deep snowdrifts on the roadways.by Mammoth Local Staff
An earthquake measuring 4.0 on the Richter scale rattled an area east of Bishop on Tuesday morning, Dec. 19.December 15, 2006
by Mammoth Local Staff
Despite little natural snow, the lifts at Canyon and Eagle Lodges opened as scheduled to skiers and boarders today.December 14, 2006
by Mammoth Local Staff
The projected occupancy rate for the week between Christmas and New Year's is down by nine percent from projections a year ago, according to figures released Thursday by the Mammoth Visitors Bureau.by Monica Prelle
A sprawling hotel complex that Mammoth Mountain CEO Rusty Gregory once described as "a W Hotel on steroids" got a thumbs up from the Mammoth Planning Commission.December 12, 2006
by Mammoth Local Staff
The "Island Extravaganza" fundraiser this season raised $47,000 for Disabled Sports Eastern Sierra, executive director Kathy Copeland said Tuesday.by Mammoth Local Staff
Restaurant Skadi raised $1,320, Monday night to benefit Mammoth Nordic's recent purchase of a CAT. Three times as many people showed up at the event than was expected.December 10, 2006
by Mammoth Local Staff
Some needy kids in Mammoth face a less-than-merry Christmas, because the community members who've organized to buy them toys and gifts are short of cash. The reason: lack of snow.by Mammoth Local Staff
Mammoth finally got some measurable snow on Saturday night and Sunday, forcing residents back behind their snowblowers and crews into the cabs of their plows for the first time this season.December 07, 2006
by Mammoth Local Staff
In spite of the uncertainty over snow depth and quality, the occupancy rate for Mammoth will jump to at least 68 percent in the week run-up to Christmas, according to figures released Thursday by the Mammoth Visitors Bureau.by Mammoth Local Staff
Mammoth's Transportation Department on Wednesday ran into unexpected opposition for the purchase of six trolleys, escaping a crash of the proposal by a narrow 3-2 vote by the Town Council.by Mammoth Local Staff
Nearly a year after Mammoth was shut down in a fatal Jan. 2 blizzard, there still is no easy way for citizens to get late-breaking news from emergency officials, a California Highway Patrol sergeant warned Wednesday.by Mammoth Local Staff
A funny thing happened on the way to the General Plan Update process on Wednesday night. A lovefest of sorts broke out in a packed Town Council chamber.by Mammoth Local Staff
Up to 6,000 Verizon telephone directories are stacked in the back room of the Mammoth Post Office with nowhere to go, forcing officials to figure out a way to get rid of them.December 05, 2006
by Mammoth Local Staff
Mammoth Mountain Ski Area is spending about $4,000 a day feeding a workforce that has been idled by the lack of snow so far this season.December 03, 2006
by Mammoth Local Staff
The town's deconstructed ice rink would be brought out of mothballs and be ready skating by November 2007 if town and school officials can agree on details.December 02, 2006
by Mammoth Local Staff
Rich McAteer, the visionary force behind Mammoth's ambitious library project, and Mammoth Foundation volunteer Jane Baer, won the top awards at the Friends of the Foundation dinner on Saturday night.by Mammoth Local Staff
A 47-year-old Mammoth man was in custody this past week in connection with a particularly sloppy burglary at the Goodyear Norco convenience store on Main Street. Randy Sly, a former employee at the store, was taken to the Mono County jail in Bridgeport after officers discovered evidence.by Monica Prelle
The Mammoth Lakes Planning Commission granted height variances for a single-family home on John Muir Road in its regularly scheduled meeting.December 01, 2006
by Mammoth Local Staff
The occupancy rate will hold steady at 19 percent for the weekend and the following week, according to figures released by the Mammoth Visitors Bureau.November 29, 2006
by Mammoth Local Staff
The "Mammoth Life and Wellness" conference went off without a hitch, and here's hoping it'll happen again, in spite of a $300,000 loss for Mammoth Mountain Ski Area. Attendance wasn't exactly overflowing, but that $99 deal for locals, sprung at the last moment, helped out loads. …November 28, 2006
by Mammoth Local Staff
MammothLocal.com has added two important new features to its suite of interactive tools. The first tool is an "E-mail To A Friend" feature that accompanies each story on the Web site. The second feature is a signup so that readers can get a tip-off to local news and skiing articles through e-mail.November 26, 2006
by Mammoth Local Staff
A 4.3 magnitude earthquake shook the mountains west of Tom's Place on Sunday afternoon, with two small aftershocks following.November 25, 2006
by Mammoth Local Staff
Tioga Pass, open on the third-latest date in 26 years, is likely to close for the season with the anticipated storm on Sunday, the National Weather Service said.November 24, 2006
by Mammoth Local Staff
Finally, Mammoth might get a little snow the way Mother Nature intended it. A developing storm in southwest Canada is forecast to bring snow and wind to the Sierra by Sunday afternoon, with "potential for heavy snow at times."November 22, 2006
by Mammoth Local Staff
Two construction workers at the 80|50 project are in custody in connection with the theft of six plasma televisions reported stolen from the hotel construction project earlier this month, according to Mammoth Town Manager Rob Clark.by Mammoth Local Staff
The Mammoth Lakes occupancy rate, which measures the percentage of lodging rooms filled, will drop to a precipitous 15 percent after the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, town officials projected.November 21, 2006
by Mammoth Local Staff
There might not be a whole lot of deep snow on the ground, but that isn't stopping the town from throwing its usual tree-lighting ceremony.by Mammoth Local Staff
The Town of Mammoth's Tourism and Recreation Department hopes to double the number of participants in this season's holiday decorating competition.November 20, 2006
by Mammoth Local Staff
For those people who want to tramp out into the woods and cut their own Christmas trees, permits are now available.November 19, 2006
by Brandon Russell
Mammoth's Town Council voted Wednesday Nov. 15 to reverse a local code that prohibits valet-operated, mechanical lift parking in new parking structures.by George Shirk
Nobody will ever think of Mammoth's Post Office as beautiful, but thanks to more than a dozen volunteers such as Jeff Boucher, the place will be a lot less ugly.November 17, 2006
by Mammoth Local Staff
After weeks of sleepy late autumn, Mammoth will jump alive next week as visitors will fill the town to 47 percent of capacity, according to figures released this past week.November 16, 2006
by Brandon Russell
The Mammoth Town Council voted unanimously Wednesday, Nov. 15, that the Mammoth Crossing Development LLC could receive a height variance for the Lodestar condominium project, in part, because Sierra Star's golf ball flyway reduces a significant amount of available, buildable property.by Mammoth Local Staff
The Mammoth Town Council, unable to complete its agenda for Wedneday night's meeting, extended the meeting to tonight.November 10, 2006
by Mammoth Local Staff
Revenues from the town's Transient Occupancy Tax beat third quarter receipts from one year ago, despite a small dip in September, new statistics show.by Mammoth Local Staff
A Mammoth man was arrested for attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, child endangerment and burglary this week after an investigation into a stabbing in a local home, according to Town Manager Rob Clark.by Mammoth Local Staff
Stuart Brown, the manager for the Mammoth Lakes Foundation's Development and Operations, has been named community relations manager for the town's Tourism and Recreation Department.November 08, 2006
by Monica Prelle
Former Mammoth mayor Kathy Cage said Wednesday that the bike and pedestrian path behind the new Tallus project is crumbling.by Monica Prelle
"If I look extremely happy this morning, it's because I am," Mark Maldonado, of Mammoth Lakes Housing said to the Planning Commission on Wednesday. "It is an extremely exciting time for us."by Monica Prelle
While Mammoth Mountain Ski Area plans to open this weekend, Planning Commissioner Elizabeth Tenney is hoping the snow level remains above the post office, allowing for one last chance to work on her volunteer-driven beautification project.by Brandon Russell
Chris Hamilton, a local general contractor who identifies himself as a Republican, said his vote Nov. 7 at the Mammoth Lakes Community Center was meant as a message to the White House.November 07, 2006
by Mammoth Local Staff
Mammoth and Eastern Sierra voters turned out on Tuesday, November 7, on a beautiful, summer-like day, electing Rick Scholl as the Mono County sheriff and passing Measure H in Mammoth. Reporter Brandon Russell talked to voters as they left the polls.November 06, 2006
by Mammoth Local Staff
Mammoth's Deena Kastor finished a disappointing sixth in Sunday's New York City Marathon, while Meb Keflezighi, also of Mammoth, struggled with food poisoning and finished 21st.November 02, 2006
by Bump Diamond
Mammoth Nordic, the cross-country ski club that has lobbied the town for years to groom its trail network, is putting its money where its mouth is. The club is set to purchase a $45,000 cat that will pull a groomer...