by News Staff | Jan 14, 2009 | Past Posts
Radon is a natural radioactive gas that you can't see, smell or taste, but it is cancer-causing and poses a danger to health. The Environmental Protection Agency has designated January as National Radon Action Month, but coincidentally, a Bishop couple became...
by News Staff | Jan 14, 2009 | Past Posts
No impact yet on the inmate camp or Cal Fire from the State budget crisis. Lt. M.V. Kellner, Conservation Camp Commander, said that the two day per month furloughs will apply to camp workers. Lt. Kellner thought the worst case scenario might be a reduced crew strength...
by News Staff | Jan 14, 2009 | Past Posts
The Owens Valley all over again? That's what opponents to a groundwater pumping plan in Rose Valley say. Coso Geothermal officials want to pump water and transport it to the geothermal plant which has begun to run out of water. Are the impacts worth it? Inyo Water...
by News Staff | Jan 13, 2009 | Bureaucrat Beat
We go immediately to the dogs today. According to Science News magazine, researchers have found that dogs are the first creatures, outside man, to show that they don’t like unfair behavior by others. Wow. We knew dogs were smart people! Seems the dogs grew...
by News Staff | Jan 13, 2009 | Past Posts
While Inyo Supervisors wrestled with the spectre of State government gone broke, outside the Boardroom, Caltrans chainsaws buzzed and rapidly moved through the town of Independence to cut down 100 trees for a highway widening project that might never receive funding,...
