by Deb Murphy | Sep 2, 2020 | Business, Corona Virus, Entertainment, Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories, Public Health, Sports
The first hint at “normal” came at Wednesday evening’s Mammoth Town Council meeting. Even in the Owens Valley, signs of “normal” are the caravan of Friday evening traffic starting in early winter and checking the volume of rain in the valley against snow accumulation...
by Deb Murphy | Aug 30, 2020 | Corona Virus, Government Agencies/Utilities, Inyo County, News Releases, Press Release, Public Health, State of California
With 74 confirmed COVID-19 cases as of last Friday, Inyo County is now classified as “widespread” on California’s new criteria for opening or closing businesses. To put it bluntly, the widespread status is the worst place to be on the coronavirus scale. The new...
by Deb Murphy | Aug 26, 2020 | City of Bishop, Inyo County
Bishop’s City Council members are standing firm on the marijuana retail operation ban on the record since 2016. Well, at least two of the five are firm, the other three are waffling. While California approved Prop. 64 in 2016, the Bishop Council kept pot businesses at...
by Deb Murphy | Aug 21, 2020 | Corona Virus, General Misc. Stories, Inyo County, Public Health
By Deb Murphy Both Inyo and Mono counties moved quickly down California’s road to recovery from COVID-19, maybe too quickly. With economies dependent on tourism and travel to the Eastern Sierra on the rise, traffic to the area has picked up despite a travel ban still...
by Deb Murphy | Aug 15, 2020 | General Misc. Stories
(Important Disclosure: Chris Bubser was endorsed by Inyo 350 before the virtual meeting and later by the state 350.org as well.) Chris Bubser lives in the Eastern Sierra. Mammoth has been her primary residence since January 2019 and she has owned a home there for 14...
