Reporting for The Mammoth Times

The Mammoth Times is a local newspaper that covers the Eastern Sierra region of California. It’s the main newspaper that covers my home town of Lee Vining, and one of two newspapers for the broader region.

Los Empleados de la Industria de Servicios Denuncian la Explotación en el Lugar de Trabajo
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Mono County Service Industry Employees Call out Workplace Exploitation
Mono County Service Industry Employees Call out Workplace Exploitation
Beyond John Muir: How Chinese Immigrants Helped Build Yosemite
Beyond John Muir: How Chinese Immigrants Helped Build Yosemite
Bishop Hosts First Ever Water Justice Summit
Bishop Hosts First Ever Water Justice Summit
Local Students Learn Science, Nutrition, Cooperation in Community Garden
Local students learn science, nutrition, cooperation in community garden
Mammoth, Mono Counties Struggle to Find Employees
Mammoth, Mono Struggle to Find Employees
High Gas Prices Hit Locals Hardest
High Gas Prices Hit Locals Hardest
“Wherever my classmates go, they will not forget where they came from:” Lee Vining High School’s 2022 grads reflect on the past; lean forward to the future
Local Tribes Point the Way to Living with a New Climate
Local Tribes Point the Way to Living with a New Climate
Opinion Piece: Protecting Peehee Muh’huh, or Thacker Pass, Means Protecting the Eastern Sierra, too
Protecting Peehee Muh’huh, or Thacker Pass, Means Protecting the Eastern Sierra, too
Bound by Water: Environmental Justice from Los Angeles to Mono Lake
Bound by Water: Environmental Justice from Los Angeles to Mono Lake
“I’m in my Seventh Decade of Waiting for Recognition”
“I’m in my seventh decade of waiting for recognition:” Listening to the voices behind the Mono Lake Kutzadika’a Tribe’s fight for federal recognition

A Better Way to Burn
A better way to burn: Local Indigenous leaders say fire can be a force for good
Mono Lake Not Rising on Schedule
Mono Lake Level Not Rising on Schedule
Young Bridgeport Residents Share A New Take on July 4 Holiday
Young Bridgeport Residents Share a New Take on July 4 Holiday
Hope Emerges from the Ashes of the Mountain View Fire
Hope Emerges from Ashes of Mountain View Fire
Lee Vining High School Senior Andrea Santillán Obtains Prestigious QuestBridge Scholarship
Lee Vining High School Senior Andrea Santillán Obtains Prestigious QuestBridge Scholarship, Matches with Claremont McKenna College
Andrea Santillan, estudiante de último año de la escuela secundaria Lee Vining, obtiene la prestigiosa beca QuestBridge
Andrea Santillán, estudiante de último año de la escuela secundaria Lee Vining, obtiene la prestigiosa beca QuestBridge, con el Claremont McKenna College
Mammoth Middle School’s Emilie Wisner is in a Class of her Own
Mammoth Middle School’s Emilie Wisner is in a class of her own, receives prestigious “educator of the year” award
First Local to get Covid-19 Pleads for Individual Responsibility
First local to get Covid-19 pleads for individual responsibility
A Back to School Day like No Other
Back to School Week has Never Looked Like This: Online learning only for Mono students as Covid-19 cases increase