by News Staff | Feb 26, 2021 | Healthcare /Hospitals, News Releases, Northern Inyo Healthcare District
In a month known for strong hearts, Northern Inyo Healthcare District’s Medical Staff could not have made better selections for its COVID-19 Heroes honors. Recognized this month are the Rural Health Car Clinic team, who found themselves at the heart of the coronavirus...
by News Staff | Feb 26, 2021 | General Misc. Stories
INYO COUNTY, CA, February 26, 2021 – The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) contract for free community COVID testing in Inyo County is transitioning to a new test provider as of February 28, 2021. Under the new contract, testing days and times in...
by Deb Murphy | Feb 25, 2021 | City of Bishop, General Misc. Stories
The Bishop City Council’s four-year history with commercial cannabis operations may take a different turn in the near future. Wednesday evening, the city’s Planning Commission got its first look at a draft ordinance. While the Commission didn’t give the draft the...
by News Staff | Feb 25, 2021 | Mono County Sheriff's Office
FEB. 25,2021 UPDATE #2: The victim has been identified as Elizabeth Ann Copeland, age 58, from Benton, Calif. Sierra Wave was contacted by Catherine Johnson, an aunt of Ms. Copeland, asking for more information on her niece’s murder. She shared that she was so...
by Community Reports/Events | Feb 24, 2021 | General Misc. Stories, News Releases, Press Release, State of California
Governor Gavin Newsom, State Senate Democrats and Republicans Add $7.6 Billion in Coronavirus Relief Funding to ‘Keep California Working’ Struggling small businesses and non-profits received a much-needed boost today from a bi-partisan effort yesterday. California...
by Community Reports/Events | Feb 24, 2021 | News Releases, Press Release, Town of Mammoth Lakes
Mammoth Town Council approved the contract for the Community Recreation Center last week with a 3-2 vote, ending a seven year process to put a roof over an ice rink. The contract for just under $9 million goes to Hamel Construction. The Town will purchase the sprung...
by News Staff | Feb 24, 2021 | News Releases
Northern Inyo Healthcare District has teamed up with Cerner, a global leader in health care technology, to transform its Electronic Health Record (EHR). NIHD will move to an updated electronic system that supports physicians, nurses, and clinicians to share data...
by Deb Murphy | Feb 24, 2021 | Business, California Dept Fish & Wildlife, General Misc. Stories, News Releases, Press Release, Sports
While California’s Department of Fish and Wildlife haven’t set the new schedule in stone as yet, it has, tentatively, given “Fishmas,” the Eastern Sierra’s chambers of commerce business marketing plan, back to businesses in the Eastern Sierra. It’s a...
by News Staff | Feb 24, 2021 | General Misc. Stories, Inyo County, News Releases, Press Release
INYO COUNTY, CA, February 24, 2021 – Inyo County was recently notified that the Metabolic Studio has awarded the county a grant for $100,000 in support of the Community Resiliency Grant Program. The Metabolic Studio grant matches the county’s original allocation of...
by Community Reports/Events | Feb 23, 2021 | Corona Virus, Dr. James Richardson, General Misc. Stories, Inyo County, Public Health, Vaccination
Last weekend on Saturday and Sunday there were two days when county residents were able to get the much-sought-after Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer at the Tri-County Fairgrounds in Bishop during a mass vaccination event. The process to get registered online and...
by News Staff | Feb 21, 2021 | News Releases
Dr. Rachel Canning is the newest addition to the Mammoth Hospital team, coming to Mammoth Lakes most recently from Fresno, CA where she completed her predoctoral internship, postdoctoral fellowship, and worked as a Clinical Psychologist at the Sullivan Center for...
by News Staff | Feb 20, 2021 | General Misc. Stories, Public Health, Schools, State of California, Vaccination
With the goal of reopening in-person classes for schoolchildren at both the federal, state, and local level as soon as possible, there may be another important reason to reopen them that has as much to do with establishing and sustaining what is known as “herd...
