Nearly a year after launching its “Lease to Locals” pilot program, the Mammoth Town Council faces a critical decision: extend a flailing effort to house local workers or remove the one town-sponsored ...

This article was published in the June 7, 2025 edition. The Eastern Sierra is a rare example of a microculture where people from vastly different backgrounds coexist, drawn together by a shared ...

This article was published in the June 7, 2025 edition. The gold bugs are back and that’s bugging quite a few people. Despite storming out of Inyo County in a huff in 2020 and closing its Lone Pine ...

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, ...

At a public meeting held at the June Lake Community Center on Tuesday, Southern California Edison (SCE) faced criticism over its proposed relicensing of the Rush Creek Hydroelectric Project. Company ...

Clad in tennis shoes, sunglasses, and business-casual attire, the developers of a proposed biomass power plant met on Antelope Springs Road Tuesday to explore potential site options. Their dilemma: ...

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 ...

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 ...