Inyo County News

Four German tourists who literally vanished in Death Valley National Park in 1996 included Egbert Rimkus, his son, Georg Weber, 10, and Rimkusa girlfriend, Cornelia Meyer.

Authorities say remains found in Death Valley may be those of four German tourists, including two children, who vanished 13 years ago.

Reporting from Big Pine, Calif. - On a recent weekday morning, Tom and Jo Heindel strode to the top of a hill at the edge of town and held hands, savoring the panoramic views below of elk grazing in alfalfa fields, strips of willows along streams and elm trees glistening with the remnants of rain.

What is happening in Washington with health care reform but more importantly, what will it all mean for the residents of Inyo County? In this last installment of a series of stories on reform, The Inyo Register reports on what is going on in the reform trenches and the people writing the legislation laws that some have called the most important of ...

Anyone who has been in a car accident or suffered through a house fire knows that it's Inyo County's first responders who sacrifice their time, sweat and blood to protect us all from harm.

The K-12 Bishop Joint Unified School District took one more step towards reality Wednesday night when the Inyo County Committee on School District Organization voted unanimously in favor of unification.

This Saturday, Oct. 24, at the Crowbar Cafe in Shoshone, Calif., the Amargosa Conservancy is hosting a long-awaited party for the many people who contributed to the designation of the Amargosa River as a wild and scenic river.

Friends, family members and colleagues gathered Friday to honor Inyo's former longtime District Attorney LaJoie Harold "Buck" Gibbons, Jr.

An early winter storm washed away Mono County's hopes of a speedy reroofing project at the jail in Bridgeport, forcing law enforcement officials to find a new home for more than 20 inmates.

The second annual Firehouse Fling will take over Tecopa, Calif., tomorrow beginning at 10 a.m. This year the goal is to raise enough money to fund drilling a well on the site designated for an Inyo County firehouse.

A unanimous vote on the part of the Inyo County Board of Supervisors Tuesday modified the record of Inyo County votes in the June 3, 2008 Primary Election.

Nature's artistry is evident in Southern Inyo's wind-swept, weathered boulders of the Alabama Hills against the backdrop of the majestic granite mountains of the Sierra Nevada to the west, and to the east the very different Inyo Mountains.

An earthquake has struck a remote area of eastern California that has been shaken by a sequence of tremors in the past week.The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.4 struck at 9:25 p.m. Thursday, six miles south of Keeler and 17 miles southeast of Lone Pine in the arid Owens Valley below the eastern slope of the ...

A 4.5 earthquake rattled a ghost town near the Los Angeles Aqueduct and Owens Lake Saturday, the latest in a series of quakes in the Eastern Sierra.

A small earthquake has shaken the Inyo County desert in central California, but there have been no reports of damage or injuries.

Little old Inyo County takes home the gold once again, with ABC News voting Death Valley National Park as the number one park in America.

The Bishop City Council met Monday with a full agenda that included lengthy discussions about parking and school traffic, department head reports and an update about the processes and progress of the Travel Management Plan from Forest Supervisor Jim Upchurch.

A series of earthquakes with preliminary magnitudes reaching 5.2 have struck in a remote area of eastern California but there have been no reports of injury or damage.

A 5.1-magnitude quake was reported in Central California this morning, shaking communities as far south as Trona.

The U.S. Geological Survey has reported a moderate earthquake in Central California.