by News Staff | Mar 12, 2010 | Past Posts
A change in Medicare funding is expected to lead to reduced ambulance service in the Owens Valley. At the Inyo Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, Judd Symons of Symons Ambulance explained that the federal government had reduced the rates that Medicare pays for ambulance...
by News Staff | Mar 11, 2010 | Past Posts
Now, Mammoth voters have complete control over whether they continue to pay a utility tax past June, 2011. The Mammoth Town Council placed a continued utility tax on the June 8th ballot. The current 2.5% tax on electricity, propane and phones will come to an end June...
by News Staff | Mar 11, 2010 | Past Posts
A controlled burn by LADWP did send quite a bit of smoke south through Lone Pine. Russ Monroe sent along the photos of what happened with the smoke. Photos by Russ Monroe Smoke extended from the Alabama Gates, the site of the controlled burn, down to the Owens Dry...
by News Staff | Mar 11, 2010 | Past Posts
The story of a man who went skiing in Mammoth, broke his leg and fought with Mammoth Hospital for a week to get surgery has remained somewhat one-sided. Hospital officials say that privacy laws prohibit their comment on hospital patients. Chairman of the Mammoth...
by News Staff | Mar 11, 2010 | Past Posts
The latest numbers from the state show that unemployment has dropped in Mono County, but has risen in Inyo County.Both Inyo and Mono Counties continue to come in below both the state and nation. California as a whole is listed at 13.2% The United States is listed at...
by News Staff | Mar 11, 2010 | Past Posts
The Department of Water and Power seems to have hit a snag on legally required clean-up plans on the still dusty Owens Dry Lake. A kind of show-down will unfold at an Air Pollution Control board meeting Monday. Orders were issued and plans made for DWP to clean up 9.2...
