by News Staff | Jan 8, 2018 | General Misc. Stories
By Deb Murphy Eleven years ago, then Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa turned the knob at a diversion dam below Lake Tinnemaha sending water down the 62-mile stretch of the Owens River to the dry lake. In an interview with the LA Times Louis Sahagun, Villaraigosa...
by News Staff | Jan 5, 2018 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
Press release Bishop, CA – December 29, 2017 – In celebration of Sierra Lifeflight retiring its fleet of Piper Cheyenne aircraft, they will host an open house and farewell flyaway at their hangar located at 770 Airport Road in Bishop, on Saturday, January 13, from 1...
by News Staff | Jan 5, 2018 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
Statement from Jeff Hollowell After 30 years with the Inyo County Sheriff’s Office, I am happy to announce that I intend to seek the office of Sheriff. I started for the Sheriff’s Office in 1987 and have moved through the ranks to my current position of Undersheriff....
by News Staff | Jan 3, 2018 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy Inyo’s Board of Supervisors incorporated one Planning Commission recommendation into the County’s cannabis ordinance—keeping with the timeline to get the regs on the books by early February. That change would allow non-volatile manufacturing in...
by News Staff | Dec 28, 2017 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities, Law Enforcement
Statement from Sheriff Bill Lutze: It is with mixed emotions that I announce I will not be seeking another term as Sheriff which begins January 2019. I love what I do and am thankful for the honor of serving the County of Inyo for the past 45 years, soon to be 12...