by News Staff | Dec 1, 2020 | Entertainment, General Misc. Stories, News Releases, Press Release, Schools
A Message from MAC: Support the Arts! Mono Arts Council (MAC) is kicking off our first ever major fundraising campaign on #GivingTuesday. Now through June 30th, 2021, we are raising $250,000 to establish key programs, support some of our most beloved programs, and...
by News Staff | Nov 30, 2020 | State of California, Business, Corona Virus, Government Agencies/Utilities, News Releases, Public Health
SACRAMENTO – Senator Andreas Borgeas (R-Fresno) sent a request to Governor Gavin Newsom and Dr. Mark Ghaly, Health and Human Services Agency Secretary, requesting they disclose the data being used by the Administration justifying restaurant closures. The request is...
by News Staff | Nov 29, 2020 | Public Health, Corona Virus, Government Agencies/Utilities, Influenza, News Releases
Don’t let up on getting tested for COVID-19. The next days and weeks are going to be critical in the fight against the spread of the coronavirus. Remember as well to get a flu shot. Protect yourself and you will be protecting others around you! Testing for the...
by Community Reports/Events | Nov 29, 2020 | Law Enforcement, Bishop Police Department
Lt. Josh Ellsworth has been appointed as the interim police chief of the City of Bishop Police Department effective Nov. 11 after the surprising retirement of Chief Ted Stec earlier this month. The City is looking using the executive search firm of Ralph Anderson...
by Community Reports/Events | Nov 29, 2020 | Corona Virus, General Misc. Stories, Influenza, Public Health
The United States population is equivalent to 4.25% of the total world population. The U.S.A. ranks number 3 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population. According to the World Health Organization (WHO): COVID-19 affects different people in different...
by Community Reports/Events | Nov 29, 2020 | General Misc. Stories
Astoundingly, despite the U.S. (allegedly) being the richest, most technologically and medically advanced country in the world, we have the highest numbers of COVID-19 infections, and many times over the numbers of deaths due to complications of the coronavirus than...
by News Staff | Nov 28, 2020 | Public Health, Corona Virus, Inyo County, News Releases
INYO COUNTY MOVES TO RED TIER INYO COUNTY, CA, November 28, 2020 – The California Department of Public Health announced today that Inyo County has been moved to the Red Tier of the state’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy, indicating that the risk level in this...
by News Staff | Nov 27, 2020 | Fire, General Misc. Stories, News Releases
The Bishop Volunteer Fire Department is launching a gift card drive to help make the holidays a little brighter for the hundreds of Mono County residents displaced by the Mountain View Fire, which devastated the Walker and Coleville communities on Nov. 17. “There are...
by News Staff | Nov 24, 2020 | General Misc. Stories, Schools
ACT NOW! Come on, Eastern Sierra! You can NEVER have enough chocolate, especially, Dark Chocolate! You can indulge yourself and use the excuse “Well, I’m doing this for the kids!” Of course, you are! See’s Candy — Order NOW! Enjoy that...
by News Staff | Nov 24, 2020 | General Misc. Stories
BLM Bishop Field Office offers Christmas tree cutting permits online Now available online for a no-contact purchase this holiday season BISHOP, Calif. — The Bureau of Land Management Bishop Field Office is now offering personal-use Christmas tree cutting permits for...
by News Staff | Nov 24, 2020 | General Misc. Stories, Inyo County, News Releases
A group of enthusiastic and hard-working volunteers recently completed a thorough fall clean-up of the grounds at the Eastern California Museum in Independence. About 20 volunteers showed up armed with rakes, hand tools, shrub trimmers and clippers, and other tools to...
by News Staff | Nov 24, 2020 | Public Health, Corona Virus
Mono County submitted an adjudication request to the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) on November 9, 2020, stating that the COVID-19 cases confined to the U.S. Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center (MCMW) in Pickel Meadows should not count toward...
