Advocacy groups, such as Friends of the Inyo and the Sierra Club, oppose exploratory mining because it can cause habitat destruction, displace or harm species like the bi-state sage-grouse, mule deer, ...

The Inyo National Forest and the Bishop BLM Office recently approved a gathering and removal plan for 300–500 wild horses near the Montgomery Pass Wild Horse Territory, starting this summer. If ...

This story was originally published in the May 10, 2025 Issue. By Carly Bell With the Mammoth Lakes Film Festival fast approaching (May 21-25), this is our first in a[…] ...

It’s been more than one year since evidence found on a remote forest trail north of Mammoth Lakes led investigators to the crash site of then-missing adventurer Steve Fossett. He took off on Sept. 3, ...

Stephanie Rennie, the current Chief Investigator for the Inyo County District Attorney’s Office, is running for the position of Inyo County Sheriff this June. Rennie is determined to make a difference ...

Just as one of Bishop’s two affordable housing projects – Valley Apartments, a 1950s motel turned senior and disabled living – seemed headed for the drain, affordable housing nonprofit Eastern Sierra ...

It really is such an odd phenomenon. Where the richest guy in the world, a guy whose enrichment has been assured by a phalanx of tax credits, government contracts and the like, is now in hyperdrive ...

At this weekend’s 10th annual Mammoth Film Festival, they’re saving the best for last. The closing film, a documentary titled “Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore” screens at 7:30 p.m. Sunday. It is the ...

Countless books have celebrated Yosemite National Park’s scenery, geology, and trails. But until now, just one has solely chronicled the Park’s wildlife. In 1924, pioneering field biologist Joseph ...

It’s been years since I met One-Eyed Jack, but I still remember that night with unsettling clarity. It was the first time I felt scared to camp alone as a woman. I was nineteen, freshly trained as a ...