Inyo County Lawyers Up

Lots of money for lawyers at this week's Inyo Supervisors' meeting. Officials say it's necessary. First, the Board voted to approve a contract with Dana Crom for public defender services for 3 years. She takes over where Gerard Harvey left off. He was...

Local Election Results

The Semi-Official results for the local elections are now in. Provisional ballots remain, but election officials say the provisional ballots usually dont change the end results. In the case of Inyo County, 1,000 ballots remained to be counted. For the Inyo...

Water Department Moves South

A move with hard feelings. Tuesday, the movers showed up at the Bishop office of the Inyo County Water Department to load everything up and haul it south to Independence. Staff members and the employees’ union had earlier objected to the move and asked for...

Harrington Appointed to Head Water Department

The Inyo Supervisors made it official. They appointed Dr. Bob Harrington as the permanent Director of the Inyo Water Department. Harrington takes on a job that has put his predecessors through the ringer politically and scientifically in the past. The Board had...

Mammoth Hospital Responds Briefly to State Inspection

We had reported in mid-May that the State had conducted a surprise inspection of Mammoth Hospital with full details pending. A lot of details are still unknown, but the hospital did issue a brief press release. That release says that Southern Mono Healthcare District...