by News Staff | Feb 7, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Press Release, Friday, February 7, 2014 Death of a Mono County Resident Related to the Flu The Mono County Health Department was notified yesterday, February 6th, that the death of a Mono County resident is most likely related to an H1N1 2009 swine influenza...
by News Staff | Feb 7, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Victor Covarrubias has worked in the car business for some 30 years. As many know, he and his son Victor bought Eastern Sierra Motors from the Ellis family and have made it Bishop Ford. They have improvement plans in mind for their new dealership. Victor, Sr. told...
by News Staff | Feb 6, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
“Use the Reserve for Economic Uncertainties. It’s money for like what’s happening to us right now.” That’s what Mammoth Town Councilman John Eastman said, and he called the lack of snow now a “rare event.” He said it is...
by News Staff | Feb 6, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
This time when Los Angeles comes to Inyo County for a meeting, citizens have real, material complaints. A school farm project has dragged on, and many mitigation measures have never happened. Plus, Inyo has a Drought Proclamation that points out dry wells in Bishop....
by News Staff | Feb 6, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Independence Farmers Market this Friday The next Southern Inyo Farmers Market will take place on Friday February 7 at the Owens Valley Growers Cooperative in Independence between 4 and 6 pm, on the corner of Edwards St. (Route 395) and Kearsarge. This week’s market...
by News Staff | Feb 6, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Six Mammoth Lakes Skiers and Snowboarders Headed to 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia John Teller, Kelly Clark, Trevor Jacob, Greg Bretz, Stacey Cook, Kaya Turski (news release – Mammoth Tourism) Mammoth Lakes, Calif. (January 27, 2014) — Mammoth Lakes...
by News Staff | Feb 6, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Seventeen years after Inyo County and the Department of Water and Power signed the Long Term Water Agreement, DWP has not completed many mitigation projects listed in a 1991 Environmental Impact Report and designed to make up for widespread damage done by groundwater...
by News Staff | Feb 6, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
At a meeting of the June Lake Community Advisory Committee, Mammoth Mountain Ski Area officials said what the town wanted to hear – they will keep June Mountain Ski Area open in spite of the miserably low snowfall. Mammoth Mountain Chief Operating Officer Greg...
by News Staff | Feb 5, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
(News release from Public Health Officer Dr. Rick Johnson) California continues to see widespread and high levels of influenza activity. In the last reporting week, there were 52 deaths under the age of 65, with 44 more under investigation. So far this year, there...
by News Staff | Feb 5, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Wasting no time in 2014, the Northern Inyo Hospital Auxiliary has already given three valuable pieces of equipment to Northern Inyo Hospital this year. First, the NIH Auxiliary purchased a $2,000 hospital grade breast pump for nursing mothers. Many times when...
by News Staff | Feb 5, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
ICARE Announces Postponement of 18th Annual Dinner As many people in the Eastern Sierra know, ICARE (Inyo/Mono County Animal Resources and Education) has been busy with a fund-raising campaign for the new Inyo County Animal Shelter and Pet Adoption Center planned for...
by News Staff | Feb 5, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
25 years ago, the Department of Water and Power agreed on an Enhancement/ Mitigation project in southern Inyo that ultimately led to adding 30 acre feet of water for a high school farm project. Today, the Van Norman Enhancement/ Mitigation project and the high school...
