by News Staff | Mar 30, 2017 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
Inyo County press release The Inyo County Board of Supervisors took proactive steps Tuesday to address major, unavoidable employee cost increases that will confront the County in coming years. The Board voted to select a 20-year amortization plan offered by CalPERS,...
by News Staff | Mar 30, 2017 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
Press release The Bishop Area Chamber of Commerce will once again host “A Taste of the Sierra” on Friday evening, May 5th in conjunction with the popular Home, Garden, Recreation & Family Fun Weekend at the Tri-County Fairgrounds. All area restaurants, bakeries...
by News Staff | Mar 29, 2017 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
Press release Bishop Unified School District is running a district wide “Students Supporting Cancer Awareness” campaign between March 27th and April 7th. During this 2 week period they will have many wild, wacky, fun and creative activities on all campuses to help...
by News Staff | Mar 28, 2017 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
Big Pine Paiute Tribe press release (Big Pine, Calif.) — Speaking on behalf of the Big Pine Paiute Tribe, Chairwoman Shannon Romero extends a sincere thanks to the many people, near and far, who supported their five-year struggle to get the Los Angeles Department of...
by News Staff | Mar 28, 2017 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
ESNSA press release The 2017 Mammoth Winter Biathlon has come and gone and we wanted to take a minute to thank all of the participants, volunteers and spectators. Our biathlon has a long history of being an inclusive event, has seen different venues and has ranged...
by News Staff | Mar 28, 2017 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
Press release Spring is on the way – and that means bees, butterflies, hummingbirds and other pollinators are, too. Insects and birds bring much more to backyards than buzzing activity: in fact, they are the key to keeping the entire Eastern Sierra landscape beautiful...
by News Staff | Mar 28, 2017 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
Press release Author Kathy Goss will introduce her new book DARWOON DYREEZ: a fictional memoir on Saturday, April 1 at 3 p.m. at the Eastern California Museum, 155 North Grant Street in Independence. The book presents a humorous insider’s view of the remote, fabled...
by News Staff | Mar 28, 2017 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Kammi Foote, Inyo County Clerk-Recorder SB 2 (Atkins) hurts families struggling to maintain homeownership, places a significant financial burden on middle-class Californians and weakens the integrity of the land records system – one of the mainstays of our free...
by News Staff | Mar 28, 2017 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
Press release Dr. Richard Meredick will give a free talk about Living with Arthritis, Thursday, March 30, 6:30 p.m. at Northern Inyo Healthcare District’s Birch Street Annex, 2957 Birch St., Bishop. Dr. Meredick, a Board Certified Orthopedic Surgeon, will discuss the...
by News Staff | Mar 28, 2017 | Obituaries
Ralph Wayne Summers, a masonry-carpenter-laborer and life-long resident of Bishop, CA, died on March 19, 2017 at the age of 58 in his home. Ralph was born in Bridgeport, CA on May 30, 1958 to Jackie and Frances Summers. He graduated from Bishop Union High School in...
by News Staff | Mar 24, 2017 | General Misc. Stories
By Deb Murphy After seven community cannabis outreach sessions, Inyo County Planning Department’s Cathreen Richards and Tom Schaniel probably thought they’d heard it all. But Thursday evening’s meeting at Laws Museum, though the smallest to date, raised some new...
by News Staff | Mar 24, 2017 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By David Woodruff The Inyo County Board of Supervisor’s heard a presentation this past Tuesday’s on the county’s plan for a reintroduction and dedication, of Highway 395 to its original name of El Camino Sierra. El Camino Sierra is the name first given to this magical...
