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Inyo Encourages Face Coverings; Other Counties Require Them

Inyo County saw “slight increases” in cases of COVID-19 in late June, but as of Monday, June 18, is just encouraging people to wear face coverings in indoor public places, not mandating as has Mono County and Los Angeles. “We are concerned that as case rates increase in other areas,” Anna Scott, deputy director of […]

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Inyo Supervisors to Discuss Safe Parking for Homeless on Tuesday at 11 am.

According to INYO350, the local community activist group, at this Tuesday’s June 8 meeting of the Inyo County Board of Supervisors, Marilyn Mann, Inyo County’s Director of Health and Human Services, will be making a presentation at 11:00AM about homelessness in Inyo County. They ask that you please attend the online meeting, and if possible, […]

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Inyo County moving toward more services for at-risk youth

By Deb Murphy The stage was set during last summer’s Inyo County budget discussions: with some tweaking of the Probation Department’s juvenile system and coordination with Health and Human Services, more effective and efficient services could be provided for kids in that system. Maintaining Inyo’s Juvenile Hall came with a $1.5 million price tag for […]

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Seniors concerned over meeting time

Tuesday at 11am, the Health and Human Services Department planned to go through a workshop on options to possibly change the Senior lunch programs. Some seniors were disturbed that the item was right before the lunch program starts at noon and would mean employees of the program and some seniors could not attend the Board […]

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Service Redesign gets edgy

Inyo County has big money problems. The tensions rose abruptly during a workshop when department heads differed over saving General Fund money and impacting people. Health and Human Services officials made a presentation to the Supervisors on how some programs could be re-organized to save dollars. It all started with Assistant Health and Human Services […]

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