by News Staff | Jun 27, 2019 | General Misc. Stories
By Deb Murphy Two community workshops on rate increases for Inyo County-operated water systems went smoothly earlier this month, so now all that’s left to do is follow the red tape set to put those rates in place. The County took over the operation of water systems in...
by News Staff | Jun 11, 2019 | Fire, General Misc. Stories
USFS news release JORDAN FIRE – FRIDAY UPDATE Incident Start Date: 6/09/2019 Cause: Unknown Size: 485 acres Containment: 20% Incident Type: Full Suppression Vegetation Type: Brush and timber Agency: Inyo National Forest, U.S.D.A. Forest Service...
by News Staff | Jun 7, 2019 | General Misc. Stories
By Deb Murphy A couple dozen residents of Independence got the “we’re gonna raise your water rates” presentation Wednesday evening and took the information fairly well, even opting to bite the bullet and take the biggest hit in October of this year ending up with a...
by News Staff | Feb 26, 2019 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy Inyo County took back management of the water systems for Independence, Laws and Lone Pine in January. The first official billing generated some serious backlash. Calls started coming in asking why some of those invoices were so high, far above the...
by News Staff | Feb 25, 2019 | Obituaries
Midred L. Davis, age 62, peacefully passed away on Sunday, February 10, 2019, in her apartment in Lone Pine, California. She was born February 4, 1957, in Los Angeles, to Ola Mae and James Davis. She was a 1975 graduate of Crenshaw High School. After graduation, she...
