by News Staff | Jan 19, 2021 | News Releases
Big news on the horizon, our BIG SIGN is getting refaced! Donations made by our membership, friends, and volunteers along with a generous matching donation from our friends at Death Valley Conservancy have made a long overdue makeover possible. Our Big Sign on Highway...
by News Staff | Jan 19, 2021 | General Misc. Stories, News Releases
We often talk about how, here in the Eastern Sierra, we look out for and take care of our friends and neighbors. We don’t have to personally know them to want to help. This is just one such case that should have our attention. Jim Lambert, a friend of many, a...
by Community Reports/Events | Jan 18, 2021 | General Misc. Stories
Today we celebrate and remember Martin Luther King, Jr. Following are 27 quotes that, if still alive, he could have as easily said about our world today: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” “Darkness cannot drive out darkness;...
by Community Reports/Events | Jan 17, 2021 | General Misc. Stories
According to Dr. Anthony Fauci, who was on NBC News “Meet the Press” on Sunday, the U.S. is “weeks away, not months away” from considering the approval of two new coronavirus vaccines. Fauci, who is the director of the National Institute of Allergy and...
by News Staff | Jan 17, 2021 | Corona Virus, General Misc. Stories, News Releases, Public Health, Testing, Vaccination
Pre-Register for COVID-19 Vaccine Mono County Public Health is encouraging Mono County residents to pre-register to be vaccinated by completing the online, confidential Vaccine Questionnaire. COVID-19 vaccines are entirely voluntary, and free for Mono County...
by News Staff | Jan 17, 2021 | General Misc. Stories, News Releases
Northern Inyo Hospital is pleased to welcome the arrival of the first baby of the New Year, born on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021, at 3:12 p.m. Baby Talan Apollo Howard weighed in at 8 lbs., 9 oz., and measured 20 inches long. Talan is the second child of proud parents Rose...
by News Staff | Jan 17, 2021 | Bureau of Land Management (BLM), General Misc. Stories, News Releases, Press Release
BISHOP, Calif. – The Bureau of Land Management Bishop Field Office today announced the release of a comprehensive management plan for public lands in the Alabama Hills near Lone Pine in Inyo County. The plan is designed to provide diverse, high-quality recreational...
by News Staff | Jan 17, 2021 | Press Release, Inyo County Sheriff's Office, National Park Service, News Releases
DEATH VALLEY, CA – Inyo County Sheriff’s Office and the National Park Service report an accidental death of a man at Saline Valley Warm Springs on December 20, 2020. Donald Vanneman III was a 63-year-old resident of San Francisco. Warm Springs Campground, along with...
by News Staff | Jan 14, 2021 | Corona Virus, Inyo County, Vaccination
Northern Inyo Healthcare District physician, Dr. Stacey Brown, gave the first COVID-19 vaccination for the age 65 and up population group to Wayne Martin of Bishop on Thursday afternoon, January 14. This was a very personal moment for Martin, who explained that his...
by Deb Murphy | Jan 14, 2021 | General Misc. Stories
A letter is on its way to residents with Short-Term Rentals asking for compliance with the State’s Stay-at-Home health orders by not renting to those from out of the area. The logic is seamless: if vacation travel violates health orders, we shouldn’t give those...
by News Staff | Jan 14, 2021 | General Misc. Stories, Press Release
Suzanne Potter MOJAVE DESERT, Calif. — In the last week of the Trump administration, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is proposing big changes to a 2016 plan that took eight years to hammer out; a plan that had set aside millions of acres for conservation and...
by News Staff | Jan 14, 2021 | General Misc. Stories, Inyo County, Inyo County Sheriff's Office, News Releases
Grace period is implemented among pandemic and new licensing process Inyo County onboarded DocuPet as the new official pet licensing partner in December. This new partnership offers residents a simplified online experience for registering pets, along with additional...
