by News Staff | Jan 23, 2017 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy “Woody recruitment,” the official term used to describe tree-let volunteers, will get a helping hand along the banks of the Lower Owens River next month. Inyo County has contracted with The Landscape Center to start planting willow and cottonwood pole...
by News Staff | Jan 23, 2017 | General Misc. Stories
Press release CareShuttle, a collaborative, non-emergent community transportation program, is looking for volunteer driv ers to take patients to and from medical appointments when transportation by the Eastern Sierra Transit Authority, family support or a friend is...
by News Staff | Jan 23, 2017 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities, Letters to the Editor
By Daniel Pritchett Last July I wrote an op-ed arguing for LAxit: inspired by Brexit (the British referendum on membership in the European Union), LAxit would be a referendum on Los Angeles exiting the valley while phasing out its dependence on Eastern Sierra water,...
by News Staff | Jan 20, 2017 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy The Tri-Valley Groundwater Management District’s Wednesday meeting agenda included approval for the formation of a Groundwater Sustainability Agency. But that decision and an official public hearing was postponed until early March, giving the board time...
by News Staff | Jan 20, 2017 | General Misc. Stories
Press release The Old Mammoth Limited route will begin Monday, January 23rd providing limited service to the Old Mammoth area. This new service is intended to address concerns raised by area residents and businesses following the cessation of the Gray Line service...
by News Staff | Jan 20, 2017 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
Press release The Inyo County Sheriff’s Office would like to remind residents and business owners of Inyo County to please sign up for CodeRED. This is especially important if you have changed your phone number or address in the past year, or if you use a cellular...
by News Staff | Jan 20, 2017 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
The countdown to the 2017 Bishop Mule Days Celebration is underway! Tickets for this year’s event go on sale Monday, February 1, 2017, on the Mule Days website at www.MuleDays.org or at the office on Main Street. Ticket packages abound this year and the...
by News Staff | Jan 20, 2017 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
Mono County Health Department press release A few weeks ago we reported all signs pointing to the beginning of a severe influenza season, and evidence continues to confirm that initial impression. Locally, during the week ending last Saturday, January 14th, almost 21%...
by News Staff | Jan 20, 2017 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy Inyo County’s five unhappy Supervisors voted to approve the new Bishop landfill lease that ups the cost, in the third year of a three-year lease, from $4,900 to more than $22,000 annually and positions the landowner, the Los Angeles Department of Water...
by News Staff | Jan 20, 2017 | General Misc. Stories
Bishop Unified School District has declared a minimum day. K-3 will be released at 12:30 pm; grades 4-12 will be let out at 1:20 pm. Buses will be ready when students are released. City of Bishop The City of Bishop Department of Public Works reminds residents and...
by News Staff | Jan 17, 2017 | General Misc. Stories
By Deb Murphy Inyo County’s Board of Supervisors really don’t have much of a choice today as they vote on a new three-year landfill lease agreement with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. The first two years, the rate stays at $4,900; in the final year it...
by News Staff | Jan 16, 2017 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
Press release The Inyo County Community Project Sponsorship Program is accepting grant applications for the 2017 Yearly Competitive Grants for events and projects sponsored by local non-profit groups that will be taking place in 2017. Up to $20,984 is available in the...
