Carma Roper News Today

According to Powder Magazine, two skiers in the Split Mountain area south of Bishop died in an avalanche this week. The magazine reported that the bodies of

By Carma Roper, Inyo County Sheriff PIO

Emergency workers from Inyo and Mono counties were recently recognized for their outstanding efforts responding to the storms that wreaked havoc on the

Bishop recently suffered catastrophic flooding, and officials are asking visitors not to travel to popular crags

The latest status update for Inyo County shows at least 11 roads or portions of roads closed from the Round Valley area to Lone Pine, including Lower Rock

While ski operators in the eastern Sierra Nevada are hoping the buildup of snow will allow them to stay open as late as July 4, the storms have added a dangerous edge to life in nearby towns as residents confront impenetrable snowbanks, high winds, road closures, avalanches and flooding.

As record snows saddle the eastern Sierra Nevada, snowmelt threatens to inundate Los Angeles Department of Water and Power infrastructure.

Quang Trong Than, 66, was last seen on Sunday, Aug. 21 near the peak of Split Mountain.

Alleged police brutality puts Paiute man in hospital ‘Corrected: A talented musician with a good heart and sense of humor’ Author: ‘Corrected: A talented musician with a good heart and sense of humor’ Joaqlin Estus A brutal beating by two police officers of an Indigenous man in California near the Nevada border has left more questions than answers. Just after 2 a.m. Saturday, police came across an “agitated” man with his dog in an empty parking lot in Bishop, California....

Today we go back to March 2019. It was an all-out effort to find a Marine, missing in the snow packed wilderness of the Eastern Sierra. Other than his rental car, found on March 9, 2019, at his planned trailhead above Independence, there were no signs of missing Marine 1st Lt. Matthew Kraft. Kraft began his ski hike on February 24, 2019. He was to descend from the High Sierra trails by March 5, into USMC’s Mountain Warfare Training Center, located off the Sonora Pass, on Highway 108, 23 miles...