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Drought Increases Animal/Human Conflicts; Here's What to Do

Eastern Sierra Wildlife Care will hold a free workshop on “Good Relations with Our Wild Neighbors” on Wednesday, May 27, at The Imagination Lab, 621 W Line St (across from Dwayne’s), Suite 204 (upstairs).

The 90-minute session will begin at 6:30 p.m.

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The Inyo Mono Advocates for Community Action (IMACA) Board of Directors recently honored Raymond Andrews with a photograph and plaque showing Mono Lake, his ancestral home. Andrews served on the Board of Directors since 1989, most of those 26 years as chairman.

Sonora, Tioga Close Again

Tioga Pass will close on May 13, at 8 p.m.; Sonora Pass closed this afternoon at 4 p.m., in advance of an incoming snowstorm that is expected to bring at least several inches and possibly a foot of snow to the higher elevations of Mono County, beginning Thursday.

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The Mono County District Attorney's office forsook the suits in favor of denim in honor of the victims of sexual assault and/or rape on Denim Day, April 28.

All Passes Now Open, May 11

As the snow melts, several roads, including Tioga Pass Road, Sonora Pass, Rock Creek Road and Monitor Pass, have re-opened, according to authorities.

This Week's Weather

A cool, breezy early week will give way to another series of storms, most likely even snow, later this week, according to the latest National Weather Service forecast. And it's likely to be cold.

Mammoth Mountain Extends Season

A planned closing date of May 10 for Mammoth Mountain has been extended at least a week due to a foot-plus of new snow, according to the Mountain's "Snow Report."

Balmy (!) Weekend Weather Forecast

The weather for the weekend is about as weird as you can get.

A foot of snow, left over from a Thursday/Friday storm, will melt off quickly as temperatures return to more seasonable levels.

The weekend forecast from the National Weather Service looks like this:

Storm Dumps a Foot in Mammoth

A cold, Alaska-born winter storm on May 7 and May 8 left Mammoth with one of its biggest snow accumulations of the winter and spring of 2014-15, with nearly a foot of snow on the ground in the upper elevations in Mammoth and at least a foot at the 9,000-foot level (where the snow measurements are

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Snow in May? No problem.