by News Staff | Jan 7, 2021 | Dr. James Richardson, General Misc. Stories, Inyo County
INYO COUNTY, CA, January 6, 2020 – Inyo County, in partnership with Northern Inyo Healthcare District (NIHD) and Southern Inyo Healthcare District (SIHD) has quickly vaccinated the majority of the Priority 1A population and has already used nearly all of the vaccine...
by News Staff | Jan 7, 2021 | United States Forest Service
VALLEJO, Calif. – USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region has decided to extend the developed campground closure on 12 National Forests in California to provide consistent COVID-19 mitigation response in accordance with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Stay-at-Home Orders....
by Community Reports/Events | Jan 7, 2021 | General Misc. Stories
There are concerns about how fast the new Covid-19 vaccines can be distributed and reach enough of the public at large to begin to allow life to return to normal. Best estimates are three to six months. It also depends on other factors. The coronavirus is mutating and...
by Deb Murphy | Jan 7, 2021 | Testing, Corona Virus, Dr. James Richardson, Testing, Vaccination
While the Pfizer, and soon to come Moderna, COVID-19 vaccines are the solution to the world-wide pandemic, actually rolling out the vaccines, even in a small county, comes with its own set of issues. As the number of positive cases in Inyo keep rising, those issues...
by Community Reports/Events | Jan 6, 2021 | Corona Virus, General Misc. Stories, Inyo County, News Releases, Press Release, Public Health
The public has been warned repeatedly by local public health officials of the danger of the winter months with the holiday travel, and holiday gatherings when people are increasingly indoors in close quarters with others, and having family, friends, and visitors...
by Community Reports/Events | Jan 5, 2021 | General Misc. Stories
On Monday, January 4, three county district supervisors were sworn in by the county’s new superior court judge, Susanne Rizo, who had been sworn in earlier in the day. Jeff Griffiths and Matt Kingsley were reelected to the Second and Fifth Districts, respectively,...
by News Staff | Jan 4, 2021 | Corona Virus, General Misc. Stories, News Releases, Public Health
COVID-19 TESTING SCHEDULE: WEEK OF JANUARY 4, 2021. Full testing details at https://coronavirus.monocounty.ca.gov/pages/health Monday (1/4) – Public Health COVID-19 testing in Mammoth Lakes at the Mammoth Lakes Foundation (Edison Hall) (11:00am-3:00pm)...
by Community Reports/Events | Jan 1, 2021 | Corona Virus, General Misc. Stories, News Releases, Public Health
The year 2020 has been one of constant challenges and losses. The latest and hopefully the last is the loss of Bishop resident, Charles “Chuck” J. Kilpatrick, who died Wednesday, Dec. 30, after a battling COVID-19. Kilpatrick was a man who was not just well-known, he...
by Community Reports/Events | Jan 1, 2021 | General Misc. Stories
One of a Kind: Remembering Benett Kessler after six years Sierra Wave Media announced six years ago that long-time Eastern Sierra journalist, founder and owner of Sierra Broadcasters, LLC in Independence, Benett Kessler, had died. The end came on Jan. 2, 2015, at the...
by News Staff | Dec 30, 2020 | Press Release, News Releases, Town of Mammoth Lakes
The following well-drafted letter has been sent to Governor Gavin Newsom from the Mammoth Lakes Lodging Association, Mammoth Lakes Restaurant Association, and Chamber of Commerce respectfully appealing for the state to allow the regional stay at home order to expire...
by News Staff | Dec 29, 2020 | Inyo County, News Releases
The Inyo County Clerk/Recorder & Registrar of Voters Office would like to inform the public that there will be a Virtual Swearing in Ceremony for the following elected offices: Supervisor, 2nd District – JEFF Griffiths! Supervisor, 4th District – Jen Roeser ...
by Deb Murphy | Dec 29, 2020 | General Misc. Stories
Town councils and county boards of supervisors in the Eastern Sierra have all been visited, via Zoom, by an avid-anti-masker who insists all those entities are flying in the face of the Constitution by enacting laws, guidelines or public health orders requiring masks...
