The Web site, which features news along with current and archived content from Mammoth Monthly, is owned and operated by Mammoth Monthly LLC. The company is owned by Jean and George Shirk of Mammoth, and is not part of any chain or outside ownership. It's the pure deal.

There are many services here, led by MammothLocal.com free classified ads. There has never been anything like it in the Eastern Sierra. It is a powerful new tool in an easy-to-use, elegant package. Buy, sell, trade, meet, greet and shout out.

MammothLocal.com also offers a dynamic Calendar of Events. With this tool, people can add their own events, many of which make it into the pages of Mammoth Monthly magazine — the 30,000-circulation publication that is distributed free in Mammoth, the Eastern Sierra, selected areas of Southern California, Las Vegas and Reno. Users can see events by weekly or monthly views.

Also of use is the Web site's restaurant guide, behind the "Food and Drink" tab on the upper navigation bars throughout the site. Here are capsule descriptions, locations and phone numbers of each restaurant in Mammoth. Also, there are "comment" tags under each capsule, allowing readers to add their two cents' worth.

MammothLocal.com offers dynamic news. It is dynamic in the sense that each news item carries a "comment" tag whereby readers can react to what was written in the story.

To that end, it also offers a highly interactive poll, letting readers know which way the wind is blowing on any given issue.

"Bump's Ski and Outdoors Report" is on the home page, and behaves as a quick tip sheet for what goes on in the world of Bump Diamond, the Mammoth Monthly writer and blogmeister of "Bump On A Blog."

Finally, Mammoth Local has teamed up with www.CafePress.com to create an online store, featuring a wide array of products under a series of signatures. One of these is the increasingly popular "Mammoth Blows" line of tees, hoodies, mugs and you name it.

Please revisit this space as we add features and more services to MammothLocal.com