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Eastern Sierra News for February 12, 2026

 

 

 

 

First-Time Homebuyers Program For Mono and Bishop

As home foreclosures go on and the hope of home ownership slips away, the Eastern Sierra received over a million dollars between Mammoth and Bishop to help first-time homebuyers.Mammoth Housing, Inc. announced that Mono Couny won a 2009 HOME grant of $800,000. Mammoth...

Inyo-Mono Officials Talk Regional Approach to Quagga

In the new year, Inyo-Mono officials will apparently face up to the threat of the aquatic pest known as quagga mussel. Fear of that pest caused DWP to severely limit use of Klondike Lake and in recent weeks, officials from many agencies sat down to talk about the...

New Desert Protection Act May Impact Inyo County

On Monday, California Senator Diane Feinstein introduced a new piece of legislation designed to protect large areas of the Southern California Desert. The main thrust of the proposed legislation is to create two new national monuments in the Mojave Desert, but there...

Mono Supervisor to be Appointed by the Governor

A spokesman for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has confirmed that his office plans to appoint a replacement to fill the void left by the passing of Mono Supervisor Bill Reid in October. When a supervisor dies, or leaves the job, the Governors office has the ability to...