The setting sun peeking behind the 13,114-foot summit of Mount Lyell, slowly melting the massive Lyell Glacier.

Story and photos by Thomas Atkins
When visiting Yosemite Valley it is easy to forget that this wondrous granite gorge is just a fraction of what the national park has to offer. If one is not careful, the steep granite […]

 Hi-Steppers at the Murphys Irish Days Parade.

By Rose Marie Durham
The swingin’ begins quietly. It’s early in the morning in downtown Murphys and there’s very little activity. Except for some of the businesses on Main Street preparing for their first customers, the community-at-large has yet to come fully alive. But a block over on Church Street, […]

An Eastern Sierra hillside displays its beautiful fall colors during last September. Photo by Thomas Atkins.
By Jerome Peterson
The changing of the season is upon us. Here’s a verse by Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt that describes our new month. “It is the summer’s great last heat, it is the fall’s first chill: They meet.”  All hail […]

Belting out the blues on “House of the Rising Sun,” Jerry Whitehead, of Twain Harte,  gives new life to the #1 hit (1964) by Eric Burdon and the Animals!
Story and photos by Greg Kristapovich
“There’s an incredible need for entertainment up here.” Says John Poletti. “They’re always complaining that there’s nothing to do. So, I approached […]

“The Soft Asylum” is a Hard Subject
The creators of “The Soft Asylum” have been pushing the envelope a little farther each week. This week’s creation was very inappropriate. We have enough foul language in our society today without it being right in front of our eyes. It seems to me you could use more appropriate material […]