by News Staff | Feb 24, 2021 | General Misc. Stories, Inyo County, News Releases, Press Release
INYO COUNTY, CA, February 24, 2021 – Inyo County was recently notified that the Metabolic Studio has awarded the county a grant for $100,000 in support of the Community Resiliency Grant Program. The Metabolic Studio grant matches the county’s original allocation of...
by Community Reports/Events | Feb 23, 2021 | Corona Virus, Dr. James Richardson, General Misc. Stories, Inyo County, Public Health, Vaccination
Last weekend on Saturday and Sunday there were two days when county residents were able to get the much-sought-after Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer at the Tri-County Fairgrounds in Bishop during a mass vaccination event. The process to get registered online and...
by News Staff | Feb 21, 2021 | News Releases
Dr. Rachel Canning is the newest addition to the Mammoth Hospital team, coming to Mammoth Lakes most recently from Fresno, CA where she completed her predoctoral internship, postdoctoral fellowship, and worked as a Clinical Psychologist at the Sullivan Center for...
by News Staff | Feb 20, 2021 | General Misc. Stories, Public Health, Schools, State of California, Vaccination
With the goal of reopening in-person classes for schoolchildren at both the federal, state, and local level as soon as possible, there may be another important reason to reopen them that has as much to do with establishing and sustaining what is known as “herd...
by News Staff | Feb 20, 2021 | Corona Virus, Public Health, Vaccination
The Inyo County Health Department has announced that it still has extra Covid-19 vaccine available at its Mass Vaccination Clinic at the Tri-County Fairgrounds in Bishop for tomorrow, Sunday, February 21st. YOU MUST BE REGISTERED. Go online now to:...
by News Staff | Feb 18, 2021 | General Misc. Stories
Does ignoring robocalls make them stop? Here’s what we learned from getting 1.5 million calls on 66,000 phone lines New research aims to give phone companies tools to help curb robocalls. Peter Dazeley/The Image Bank via Getty Images Sathvik Prasad, North...
by Community Reports/Events | Feb 18, 2021 | Corona Virus, Inyo County, Public Health, Vaccination
Inyo County Health and Human Services announced that it is receiving additional Pfizer COVID19 vaccines this week, up to 970 doses, but optimistically more than 1,000 doses if more vaccine can be extracted from each bottle. You must be already registered with the...
by News Staff | Feb 17, 2021 | General Misc. Stories
In an article titled, “Extreme Cold Killed Texans in Their Bedrooms, Vehicles and Backyards, The New York Times has reported that at least 58 people died in storm-affected areas stretching to Ohio, victims of carbon monoxide poisoning, car crashes, drownings,...
by Community Reports/Events | Feb 17, 2021 | Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Federal government, Government Agencies/Utilities, News Releases, Press Release
Conservation Lands Foundation Applauds Biden Administration’s Move to Protect the DRECP, California Desert National Conservation Lands The Department of the Interior today announced that it would stop an effort initiated by the previous administration to reopen...
by Community Reports/Events | Feb 17, 2021 | General Misc. Stories
Do you even bother answering your phone anymore? The most likely answer to that question is “no.” And why not? The most likely answer to that question is “it’s not safe.” The “why” isn’t too hard either: It’s most likely a robocall spammer or scammer. The caller ID...
by Deb Murphy | Feb 16, 2021 | General Misc. Stories
Pre-COVID, IMACA’s Housing and Planning Director Larry Emerson had plans for a safe parking project for the homeless living out of their vehicles at the Nazarene Church on West Line Street in Bishop. The plans were turned down yesterday, February 16, by the Inyo Board...
by Deb Murphy | Feb 15, 2021 | Bureau of Land Management (BLM), General Misc. Stories, Mono County Sheriff's Office, National Park Service, Nature, United States Forest Service
The Eastern Sierra was ill prepared for the waves of Southern Californians literally heading for the hills during last summer’s COVID-19 restrictions and fears. Despite the stay-at-home orders, they escaped to an area assumed to be germ-free and serene, found area...
