by Deb Murphy | Nov 19, 2020 | Public Health, Corona Virus, Government Agencies/Utilities, Town of Mammoth Lakes
The Mono County Supervisors and Mammoth Lakes Town Council met Tuesday afternoon for an update on an increasing number of COVID-19 cases throughout the County. With the Mountain View Fire out of control in Walker, claiming one life and destroying property, the meeting...
by News Staff | Nov 18, 2020 | CalTrans
(November 18, 2020) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE U.S. Highway 395 Reopens from Wildfire Closure MONO COUNTY —Caltrans and CHP have reopened U.S. Highway 395 in Mono County from Emigrant Street in Bridgeport to the Nevada State Line. The road was previously closed...
by News Staff | Nov 18, 2020 | United States Forest Service, Fire
MOUNTAIN VIEW FIRE NOV. 18, 2020 UPDATE Incident Website: Click on logo to left Incident Information: Start / Report Date: Nov. 17, 2020 at 12:15 p.m. Cause: Unknown Fuels Involved: Grass, sagebrush and pinyon-juniper Size: 28,879 acres Location:...
by Community Reports/Events | Nov 18, 2020 | General Misc. Stories
Help is available to victims of the Mountain View Fire Sadly, Walker lost over one hundred buildings to the Mountain View Fire yesterday, a lot of them are houses. Some are barns, which kept all the owner’s equipment for ranching, building, and so on. For many, their...
by News Staff | Nov 17, 2020 | Business, Corona Virus, News Releases, Press Release, Public Health, Town of Mammoth Lakes
On June 17, the Mammoth Lakes Town Council approved a Business Assistance Program to provide grants to small businesses adversely affected by COVID-19. Investing Town funds into small, local businesses serves an important governmental purpose of providing much needed...
by Community Reports/Events | Nov 17, 2020 | Law Enforcement, California Highway Patrol, Fire, Mono County Sheriff's Office, News Releases
The Mountain View Fire (Mono County) This has been a rapidly changing story. Information will be continued to be posted and revised as it becomes available. News is coming in from various news sources in So. Lake Tahoe, Reno, Mammoth Lakes, and, of course, Facebook...
by Community Reports/Events | Nov 17, 2020 | Town of Mammoth Lakes, Corona Virus, Governor's Office, Inyo County, News Releases, Press Release, Public Health
We have known a return to the more restrictive Tier-2, “Substantial” (Red) category was coming considering the high rates of positive COVID-19 reports coming out of Mono County for the past several weeks. The reclassification to the more restrictive tier...
by News Staff | Nov 17, 2020 | Press Release, United States Forest Service
The Inyo National Forest announces that fire restrictions put into place for the forest earlier this summer will be rescinded on Tuesday, November 17. Recent rain and snow, combined with increased humidity, shorter days, and cooler nighttime temperatures have prompted...
by Community Reports/Events | Nov 17, 2020 | Business
Help Save the Still Live Cafe! The well-known and loved French restaurant needs our help! We received a request to pass on information about the recently established GoFundMe campaign for the Still Life Cafe in the town of Independence. They are trying to raise...
by News Staff | Nov 16, 2020 | General Misc. Stories
New actions include pulling an emergency brake in the Blueprint for a Safer Economy and strengthening face covering mandate Vast majority of counties are in the most restrictive tier starting tomorrow SACRAMENTO – As COVID-19 cases sharply increase across the country...
by News Staff | Nov 16, 2020 | Public Health, Corona Virus, News Releases
REVISED: Public Health testing on Thursday in Walker has been changed to Mammoth Lakes. Schedule below has been revised to reflect the change. Get Tested! Let’s get and stay on top of this virus. Testing also available for contact tracing referrals and...
by News Staff | Nov 16, 2020 | Inyo County, News Releases, Press Release
INDEPENDENCE, CA – Kammi Foote, Inyo County Clerk, announces that Inyo County will conduct a Risk Limiting Audit in addition to the required 1% post-election manual tally of the ballots cast in the November 3, 2020 Presidential General Election. The...
