An island community in Washington is mourning the loss of a beloved former high school teacher who died one day into a trek ...

Inyo County Search & Rescue Recover Body of Missing Hiker on the North Fork of Lone Pine Creek After Fatal Fall ...

A backpacker who went missing on a trek from Mount Whitney to Yosemite Valley was found dead just two miles from his starting ...

A missing hiker from Washington state was found dead after he didn’t pick up his food cache, California officials said.

Harris Levinson, who taught high school in Washington state for decades, died one day into his trek to Yosemite National Park, the Inyo County Sheriff's Office reported.

The Georges fire in Inyo County grew to 2,500 acres Tuesday fueled by a monsoonal weather pattern that brought lightning storms and gusty winds to the eastern Sierra Nevada this weekend.

The Inyo County Sheriff's Office and Inyo County Search and Rescue are looking for an "overdue hiker" who attempted to summit Mount Whitney on Dec. 30.

Inyo Sheriff investigating rock slide report Update, 12:32 p.m. The Inyo County Sheriff's Office is investigating reports of a rockslide on Whitney Portal Road and debris on Horseshoe Meadows Road.

On Monday, the U.S. Forest Service and Inyo County Sheriff’s Office were evacuating all visitors from Whitney Portal, a busy trailhead with a store and a campground.

Fire officials announced Thursday that the Georges Fire in Inyo County, California, has grown to 2,883 acres. The lightning-caused fire, which first ignited on Sunday, is 42 percent contained.

The Paiute people in Inyo County say they plan to preserve more than 40 acres and a fish hatchery that the state plans to transfer next year.