by News Staff | Jan 29, 2021 | Mono County Sheriff's Office
Please be advised that the Mono County Road Division has temporarily suspended snow removal operations and closed the following 3 roads due to risk of avalanche: Twin Lakes Road in Bridgeport beyond the Twin Lakes Resort, Lakeview Drive in June Lake, and Crowley Lake...
by News Staff | Jan 28, 2021 | General Misc. Stories, News Releases
You were probably hoping (as were all of us) that there would be no taxes this year because of—you know—the Covid-19 pandemic. But as the well-known saying goes: “The only thing certain in life is death and taxes,” a quote that goes back for at least three centuries....
by News Staff | Jan 28, 2021 | CalTrans, General Misc. Stories
MONO AND INYO COUNTY — Caltrans has announced that U.S. Highway 395 in Mono County will remain closed through Friday morning. Maintenance crews are working around the clock, plowing, and dropping cinders to manage the storm. On Friday, Caltrans will reassess the road...
by Deb Murphy | Jan 27, 2021 | Corona Virus, Dr. James Richardson, Inyo County, Public Health, Vaccination
Ironically, Tuesday’s meeting of the Inyo County Board of Supervisors started with Water Department head Aaron Steinwand delivering the grim news that, at best, rainfall could hit just 60-percent of normal. By Wednesday morning, the Owens Valley sat under a...
by News Staff | Jan 27, 2021 | News Releases
Cerro Coso Community College is offering a number of late start classes this Spring. In addition to taking late start classes to pursue a degree, students can also opt to take late start classes for professional development and personal enrichment. Twelve-week late...
by News Staff | Jan 27, 2021 | General Misc. Stories, Town of Mammoth Lakes
[TOML press release]: The NWS is forecasting periods of heavy snow through Thursday morning for Mono County. A Blizzard Warning remains in effect until 4:00am Friday, January 29. Total snowfall expected is 3 to 7 feet above 8,000 feet. Strong winds mainly today....
by News Staff | Jan 26, 2021 | Corona Virus, General Misc. Stories, Inyo County, Public Health
We’re doing something a little different on reporting the day-to-day Inyo County and Mono County Covid-19 Reports. Because there is always a lag of two to three days (if a holiday) in the daily reported Inyo County numbers. the comparison of Covid-19 numbers...
by News Staff | Jan 26, 2021 | General Misc. Stories, Inyo County, News Releases
Friday, January 29, is the deadline for nonprofit organizations in Inyo County to submit applications to the Inyo County Community Resiliency Grant program. The county-funded grant program will provide up to $10,000 to local nonprofit organizations that play an...
by News Staff | Jan 26, 2021 | News Releases, United States Forest Service
WOODLAKE, CA – The National Forest Recreation Association (NFRA) is very proud to announce that has been selected as the 2020 ‘Ranger of the Year.’ Michael is the Co-Director of the Region 5 Pack Stock Center of Excellence; a Special Uses Permit Administrator; and...
by News Staff | Jan 25, 2021 | State of California, Governor's Office, News Releases
Effective today (1/25), officials with the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) ended the Regional Stay-at-Home Order issued on Sunday, December 6, 2020 for all regions statewide. Mono County will re-enter the most restrictive Tier 1 Widespread (Purple) of...
by News Staff | Jan 25, 2021 | Corona Virus, General Misc. Stories, Inyo County, News Releases
FOR THE MOST CURRENT COVID-19 NUMBERS, CLICK ON ONE OF THE BUTTONS ON THE RIGHT UPPER PAGE OF THE WEBSITE. [Covid-19 county reports began being recorded in mid-March of 2020] Both Inyo County and Mono County are officially in the Purple, most restrictive tier,...
by News Staff | Jan 25, 2021 | General Misc. Stories
Inyo County Press Release, January 25, 2021 – California Department of Public Health announced today that the California Stay at Home Order has been lifted. Inyo County will remain in the Purple Tier of the state’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy, indicating that...
