Michael Prather News Today

(KOAM) - On January 16, 2024, the Delaware County Sheriffs Office received a tip regarding stolen equipment being offered for sale, prompting a coordinated effort to apprehend the suspects involved.

Enjoying your HD TV?  Nitrogen trifluoride is one of several gases used during the manufacture of liquid crystal flat-panel displays, thin-film photovoltaic cells and microcircuits.

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has accused Owens Valley pollution regulators of trying to "squeeze" cash from the utility's water customers.

The area around Owens Lake holds a certain kind of magnetism. But longtime residents recall spells when things werent always pleasant.

Terminal waters like Owens and Mono lakes in California or the Great Salt Lake in Utah rise and fall, responding to the rhythms of their climate. There have been periods in prehistory that they have dried completely for a spell. But fill them with water, and they come alive again.

Residents living near California’s dried up Owens Lake remember when the dry lakebed became a source of dangerous dust and PM10 pollution. Will it happen to Great Salt Lake?

The Museum is adding Rich Strike to several of its attractions

Conservationists may seek monument status for Conglomerate Mesa, a remote plateau near Death Valley National Park.

How the surge in COVID-19 cases is impacting the return to work here in Kentucky Locally, LEX 18 hasnt found any companies that decided to go back on plans to return. However, BaseHere Director of Operations Meredith Moore says companies are discussing the impact of a resurgence. and last updated 2021-07-26 19:05:04-04 LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — The surge in COVID-19 cases caused by the Delta variant has companies rethinking their return to the office. Apple made headlines when they cited t...

LONE PINE, Calif. —  Perched high in the craggy Inyo Mountains, between the dusty Owens Valley floor and Death Valley National Park, looms a rugged, nearly roadless chunk of desert terrain teeming with wildlife and scarred by mining operations. Conglomerate Mesa’s charcoal smelters helped give birth 150 years ago to the nearby rip-roaring silver town of Cerro Gordo, where ingots were produced and shipped off to the small pueblo of Los Angeles by steamboat and a 20-mule team. Now, the 22,5...