A small pickup truck. A juvenile elephant. Sixty cinder blocks. A grand piano with two people sitting on it. Each of these items weigh roughly the same as the mountain of trash people hauled out of ...

It’d been about eleven months to the day since I sat across from him in the same spot after the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) killed Victor the bear, the late four-footed alpha of ...

Mammoth Mountain is already one of Alterra’s most profitable resorts. It has 1.3 million skier visits annually, a figure Powder magazine estimates makes it the 6th most popular resort in the nation, ...

Inyo County Supervisors talk a great game when it comes to honoring veterans. But in practice, it appears that only Supervisors Jennifer Roeser and Will Wadelton walk the walk.

The trapping and removal of two bears in Old Mammoth last week has stoked the ire of neighboring residents and the community at large. Mayor Chris Bubser and her husband David Baron authorized the ...

For most of his young adulthood, Brayan Zamora couldn’t imagine a future that wasn’t ruled by illness. Diagnosed with kidney failure at just 15, he faced a world defined by dialysis schedules, missed ...

Worry not if you can’t quite put your finger on what’s wrong with Mammoth Lakes’ tourism sector. Hunden Partners is here to figure it out. The organization, which prides itself on being a “Leading ...

This article was published in the June 28, 2025 edition. “Damn, I think I left my phone back at the house. That’s the second time this week. The other time I left it in the car and spent 10 minutes ...