I traveled back east last week for the annual ritual of dropping my daughter Margaux at summer camp. Her opportunity to be exposed to that particular sphincter-clenching subset of our great land.

Just months after the Mammoth Lakes Town Council heard from the police department about its funding woes, Mammoth Fire Protection District Chief Ales (pronounced Alesh) Tomaier made a mirror complaint ...

For the five Inyo County Supervisors, the journey to reach agreement on a dozen “goals” was a morning-long torture session. The agonizing journey then consumed the afternoon, highlighted by putting ...

For a region that has spent plenty of time fighting for its water, the Eastern Sierra has so far managed to avoid the West’s latest water war against Artificial Intelligence[…] ...

It was somewhere around 7 p.m., or three hours into what became a five hour Mammoth Town Council meeting, and a Town staffer texted me. Staffer: “Surprised you’re still here.” […] ...

Last week The Sheet took a look back at twelve cases of embezzlement in Inyo and Mono Counties which took place over the last 6 years along with one other—the worst case of embezzlement in Inyo County ...

No idea that South Lake Tahoe made international news 46 years ago when a bomb was set inside Harvey’s Casino, with a $3 million ransom demand. So I sat in thrall as I watched the documentary feature, ...

On the surface, the terms seemed reasonable, even favorable. A 6% salary increase in year one, with subsequent 3% increases in years two and three. But if you dig deeper, you see a provision which ...

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, ...

Last week, Inyo County Supervisor Trina Orrill hosted a bond workshop where a number of taxpayers vented about all the special assessments they’re paying. A graphic presented at the meeting showed ...

SCE, Government prove difficult obstacles. Pine Creek Mine is attempting to generate hydroelectric power (and income), but it contends Southern California Edison—and the U.S. Forest Service—is making ...

Sarah Wynn-Williams, former Facebook director of global public policy, did one thing right when she opened her memoir with the famous F. Scott Fitzgerald quote, “they were careless people, Tom and ...