by Community Reports/Events | Jan 11, 2021 | Corona Virus, General Misc. Stories, Inyo County, Public Health, Town of Mammoth Lakes
A recent posting on social media from a local newsletter, MP Mono County Weekly, there were startling revelations made under the headline: Mammoth Lodging and Restaurants Propose Reopening Plans Despite State Health Orders. The implications as reported by the local...
by News Staff | Jan 9, 2021 | General Misc. Stories, News Releases, Press Release, Town of Mammoth Lakes
The Town of Mammoth Lakes and County of Mono sent the following letter on January 5, 2021, to State Senator Borgeas in support of Senate Bill 74 which proposes to provide small, local businesses with financial resources of $2.6 billion of its $26 billion budget...
by News Staff | Jan 8, 2021 | News Releases
Supervisor Corless Recognized for Service as 2020 Chair On Tuesday, the Honorable Mark Magit administered the Oath of Office to newly elected Supervisor Rhonda Duggan (District 2) and returning Supervisors Bob Gardner (District 3) and John Peters (District 4). In...
by News Staff | Jan 7, 2021 | Obituaries
Art was born to Cecil and Edith Broch on July 17, 1935 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He grew up in San Diego as well as on an Oklahoma farm. He served in the Air Force. He and Connie Sobczak married in 1959. They moved, with their three kids, to the Owens Valley in...
by News Staff | Jan 7, 2021 | Obituaries, News Releases
Carol Anne Dondero was born at Mono General Hospital in Bridgeport on October 19th, 1947 and passed away peacefully at home in Big Pine on December 31, 2020 after a battle with lung cancer. Carol was preceded in death by her parents, Roy and Dorothy Dondero and life...
by News Staff | Jan 7, 2021 | General Misc. Stories
Mark your calendar! The Lone Pine Chamber of Commerce is letting you know that there will be a CCW (Concealed Carry Weapon) training class for women only on March 5, 2021 in Bishop. There is limited space, so early registration is important. The cost is $125.00....
by News Staff | Jan 7, 2021 | Dr. James Richardson, General Misc. Stories, Inyo County
INYO COUNTY, CA, January 6, 2020 – Inyo County, in partnership with Northern Inyo Healthcare District (NIHD) and Southern Inyo Healthcare District (SIHD) has quickly vaccinated the majority of the Priority 1A population and has already used nearly all of the vaccine...
by News Staff | Jan 7, 2021 | United States Forest Service
VALLEJO, Calif. – USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region has decided to extend the developed campground closure on 12 National Forests in California to provide consistent COVID-19 mitigation response in accordance with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Stay-at-Home Orders....
by Community Reports/Events | Jan 7, 2021 | General Misc. Stories
There are concerns about how fast the new Covid-19 vaccines can be distributed and reach enough of the public at large to begin to allow life to return to normal. Best estimates are three to six months. It also depends on other factors. The coronavirus is mutating and...
by Deb Murphy | Jan 7, 2021 | Testing, Corona Virus, Dr. James Richardson, Testing, Vaccination
While the Pfizer, and soon to come Moderna, COVID-19 vaccines are the solution to the world-wide pandemic, actually rolling out the vaccines, even in a small county, comes with its own set of issues. As the number of positive cases in Inyo keep rising, those issues...
by Community Reports/Events | Jan 6, 2021 | Corona Virus, General Misc. Stories, Inyo County, News Releases, Press Release, Public Health
The public has been warned repeatedly by local public health officials of the danger of the winter months with the holiday travel, and holiday gatherings when people are increasingly indoors in close quarters with others, and having family, friends, and visitors...
by Community Reports/Events | Jan 5, 2021 | General Misc. Stories
On Monday, January 4, three county district supervisors were sworn in by the county’s new superior court judge, Susanne Rizo, who had been sworn in earlier in the day. Jeff Griffiths and Matt Kingsley were reelected to the Second and Fifth Districts, respectively,...
