by Deb Murphy | Aug 24, 2022 | Bishop Airport, Board of Supervisors, Inyo County
“That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” The famous quote from William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet seems to put more emphasis on the essence of the rose than its name. That wasn’t the case at last week’s Inyo County Board of...
by Deb Murphy | Aug 18, 2022 | Community Event, Fire, Mammoth Lakes Fire Department, Mono County, News Releases
The fifth session of the Wildland Fire Academy dealt with what is probably the area of most concern for Eastern Sierra residents—what steps can be taken to protect your home in the face of wildland fires. The Academy, chaired by Mono Supervisor Bob Gardner, has been...
by Deb Murphy | Aug 11, 2022 | Great Basin Unified Air Polution Control District, Heavy Smoke
With extensive protocols to control wind-blown dust off the Owens Lake, Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District’s attention, and monitors, are now turned toward tracking wildland fire smoke impacts across Inyo, Mono and Alpine counties. So far this...
by Deb Murphy | Jul 27, 2022 | Bishop Planning Commission, Inyo County, Northern Inyo Healthcare District, Toiyabe Indian Health
With Bishop’s housing problems escalating into staffing problems, Aaron Schat presented a potential solution, or at least a partial solution, to the city’s conundrum—convert Sterling Heights, the former assisted living facility on Pine Street, to a 69-unit apartment...
by Deb Murphy | Jul 18, 2022 | General Misc. Stories
An estimated 80 East Side residents marched in solidarity with those impacted by the recent Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v Wade, the 50-year old ruling legalizing abortions. The Court pushed the issue back to the states with the result of a broad range of...
