Katrina Otten was nearly seven months pregnant with twins when she started struggling to breathe. It was March of 2020. Afraid she might have COVID-19, she went to the hospital near her home in Bishop ...

Every time I drive up Main Street these days, I can’t help but think these Aspen folks know what they’re doing. Because the new Limelight Hotel simply dominates the frame. It has already become the ...

My vaguely serious effort to do a bit of a local news detox over the holidays went pretty well, thanks to simply switching to regional news to feed my addiction. Here are a few tidbits. Skiers and ...

It appears that major governments are changing hands and public policy directions in many places at the same time. Most notable perhaps is our own federal government, following an historic national ...

The ebb and flow of consumer behavior in Mammoth is notoriously unpredictable, with factors like snow conditions making or breaking the outcome of holiday sales periods. So, on New Year’s Day, I set ...

His gift: He loved other people, taking care of them, cheering on their triumphs. He cared about you, and us, and them. When the end was nigh and his body failing, Monroe undertook his final round of ...

Ho, ho, ho. Tidings of great joy. Merry St. Nick. A holly jolly Christmas. Toss in happy Hanukkah and happy holidays and it’s a veritable mush-fest of giggles and smiles. In an effort to put some fun ...

Anyone who lives in Mammoth Lakes is well-acquainted with snow—shoveling it, sliding on it, playing in it. But few truly love and befriend snow the way Jeff Dozier did. Jeff was a renowned snow ...

Dave was born on September 8, 1954 in Kansas City, Missouri to James Mark and Betty (Wales) Handley, while his father was attending medical school at the University of Kansas. His family moved to ...

This summer, Mammoth and June Mountain Ski Areas decided to only accept digital payments, phasing out cash as a payment method, effective July 8. This policy affects not only lift ticket purchases but ...

The campaign to raise the Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) rate in Mammoth was a saga in itself, but here lies the sequel: How does a town go about telling tourists they’ll soon be paying two points more ...

If you lived in Mammoth Lakes before the 80s, you might remember a small, sleepy town in the summer where businesses struggled to stay open year-round with few visitors after the winter season. That ...