by News Staff | Feb 20, 2021 | Corona Virus, Public Health, Vaccination
The Inyo County Health Department has announced that it still has extra Covid-19 vaccine available at its Mass Vaccination Clinic at the Tri-County Fairgrounds in Bishop for tomorrow, Sunday, February 21st. YOU MUST BE REGISTERED. Go online now to:...
by News Staff | Feb 18, 2021 | General Misc. Stories
Does ignoring robocalls make them stop? Here’s what we learned from getting 1.5 million calls on 66,000 phone lines New research aims to give phone companies tools to help curb robocalls. Peter Dazeley/The Image Bank via Getty Images Sathvik Prasad, North...
by Community Reports/Events | Feb 18, 2021 | Corona Virus, Inyo County, Public Health, Vaccination
Inyo County Health and Human Services announced that it is receiving additional Pfizer COVID19 vaccines this week, up to 970 doses, but optimistically more than 1,000 doses if more vaccine can be extracted from each bottle. You must be already registered with the...
by News Staff | Feb 17, 2021 | General Misc. Stories
In an article titled, “Extreme Cold Killed Texans in Their Bedrooms, Vehicles and Backyards, The New York Times has reported that at least 58 people died in storm-affected areas stretching to Ohio, victims of carbon monoxide poisoning, car crashes, drownings,...
by Community Reports/Events | Feb 17, 2021 | Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Federal government, Government Agencies/Utilities, News Releases, Press Release
Conservation Lands Foundation Applauds Biden Administration’s Move to Protect the DRECP, California Desert National Conservation Lands The Department of the Interior today announced that it would stop an effort initiated by the previous administration to reopen...
by Community Reports/Events | Feb 17, 2021 | General Misc. Stories
Do you even bother answering your phone anymore? The most likely answer to that question is “no.” And why not? The most likely answer to that question is “it’s not safe.” The “why” isn’t too hard either: It’s most likely a robocall spammer or scammer. The caller ID...
by Deb Murphy | Feb 16, 2021 | General Misc. Stories
Pre-COVID, IMACA’s Housing and Planning Director Larry Emerson had plans for a safe parking project for the homeless living out of their vehicles at the Nazarene Church on West Line Street in Bishop. The plans were turned down yesterday, February 16, by the Inyo Board...
by Deb Murphy | Feb 15, 2021 | Bureau of Land Management (BLM), General Misc. Stories, Mono County Sheriff's Office, National Park Service, Nature, United States Forest Service
The Eastern Sierra was ill prepared for the waves of Southern Californians literally heading for the hills during last summer’s COVID-19 restrictions and fears. Despite the stay-at-home orders, they escaped to an area assumed to be germ-free and serene, found area...
by News Staff | Feb 15, 2021 | General Misc. Stories
Sierra Wave reporter, Deb Murphy’s article last week, Bishop City Council Passes Vacant Building Nuisance Ordinance But Balks at Registry, brought a lengthy, detailed response from local realtor, Stan Smith, with Pleasant Valley Associates Real Estate, who wrote...
by Community Reports/Events | Feb 15, 2021 | General Misc. Stories, Inyo County, Local Churches
Tomorrow, February 16, at 11 a.m., the Inyo County Board of Supervisors will hear an appeal regarding a conditional use permit (CUP) that would allow Inyo Mono Advocates for Community Action to operate a Safe Parking Program at the Church of the Nazarene with calls...
by News Staff | Feb 14, 2021 | General Misc. Stories, News Releases
Save the Date and Time: Thursday, February 18, 2021 6:30pm on Zoom INYO350 is pleased to present a Virtual Talk (over Zoom) by local authors and world travelers David and Janet Carle. Former state park rangers, the Carles will present the story of their...
by News Staff | Feb 14, 2021 | Fire, General Misc. Stories, News Releases, Press Release, United States Forest Service
Sequoia National Forest and Giant Sequoia National Monument (Closures and Reopening Information) Springville, February 12, 2021—From August to December 2020, the Castle Fire burned across thousands of acres in the Sequoia National Forest and Giant Sequoia National...
