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Manzanar receives funding for Block 14 latrine building
Press release Recently, the National Park Service announced $15 million in support of 69 projects in 63 parks, including $74,547 to Manzanar National Historic Site to construct a historically accurate...
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Owens Lake Bird Festival gears up for second event
Press release Lone Pine, CA – The 2nd Owens Lake Bird Festival offers tremendous opportunities to celebrate migrating shorebirds and highlight the significance of the Owens Lake story and the return...
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Owens Lake ‘Big Day’ Bird Counts
Press release Despite record drought, participants in the 2015 Owens Lake “Big Day” Bird Counts for both Spring and Fall documented continued high bird use within the Lake’s dust control ponds. File...
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Mono County Office of Education hosts Mock Trial
Press release Mono County Office of Education would like to say congratulations and job well done, to all of the students that participated in the Mock Trial event held at the Bridgeport Court House...
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Variance on Owens Lake worked, will be incorporated again
By Deb Murphy Last summer, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power scrambled to get a variance from the Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control Board allowing for water savings on the Owens...
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Mammoth police warn of another phone scam
Press release Mammoth Lakes, CA – The Mammoth Lakes Police Department seeks to warn the public regarding the prevalence of an aggressive phone scam. MLPD has received multiple reports that involve...
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Operational update from Southern Inyo Hospital
Deb Murphy Southern Inyo Healthcare District isn’t claiming a win, but it has recorded a series of first downs since the state Department of Public Health suspended the hospital’s license January 13....
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False robbery report to Mono Sheriff’s Office; also, threat at Coleville High
Press releases from Mono County Sheriff’s Office On February 7, 2016, at 9:38 p.m., Mono County Sheriff’s Dispatch received a radio transmission of a robbery in progress at a Shell Station, presumed...
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Sally Symons: ‘An open letter of apology’
Letter to the community from Sally Symons February 9, 2016 Dear Eastern Sierra Community, As some of you may know I recently plead guilty to misappropriating public funds from the Tri-County...
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Shyann Padilla wins Inyo Poetry Out Loud – again
Press release Bishop, CA — For the second year in a row Shyann Padilla from Owens Valley High School in Independence, received the title of 2016 Inyo County Poetry Out Loud Champion at the county...
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‘Eddie the Eagle’: Free advance screening in Mammoth
Press release Mammoth Lakes, Calif. — In partnership with Mammoth Lakes Tourism, 20th Century Fox is bringing an advance screening of the movie, EDDIE THE EAGLE to Mammoth Lakes on Thursday, February...
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Inyo County Superior Court Employees have contract disagreement
Press release Inyo County Superior Court Employees began leafleting jurors outside the Courts on Monday to make them aware of a protracted contract disagreement with Courts Administration. Tricia Fath...
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‘Chicago’ cast preparing to ‘razzle dazzle’ Playhouse 395 audiences
Press release The all-star cast for the upcoming production of Chicago is hard at work rehearsing and preparing to ‘razzle dazzle’ audiences with their rollicking song and dance routines. The Eastern...
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Need MMSA tickets? Canyon Lodge open until 11 tonight
From Mammoth Mountain: There’s a lot happening on the hill this weekend with the new 7′ Jill’s halfpipe out of Forest Trail and Jibs Galore. Skip the lines tomorrow and get your lift tickets tonight –...
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Mono County recruiting grand jury members
Press release The Superior Court of California for Mono County was not able to appoint a civil grand jury for 2015-2016. Unfortunately, a number of persons who either accepted appointment or indicated...
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Reports from Bishop City Council, Inyo Supervisors
By Deb Murphy Agendas for the Inyo County Board of Supervisors and Bishop City Council meetings this week were relatively light. Here are the highlights: BISHOP CITY COUNCIL MEETING, Monday The...
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Upcoming decision: Concealed weapons on Bishop campuses?
Deb Murphy The Bishop Unified School District Board of Trustees will make a decision at its March 17 meeting on whether to allow a waiver for those with a concealed weapon permit to come on campus...
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Independence Civic Club elects new officers
Press release On January 20, 2016 the Independence Civic Club held elections for the new year resulting in: President: Nancy Masters; Vice-President: Jennifer Duncan; Treasurer: Mary Roper;...
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Report from Five Bridges field trip
By Deb Murphy Three hundred acres scarred by lost meadow grasses in the Five Bridges area, north of Bishop, south of the Owens River, could be the poster child for failed mitigation of groundwater...
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‘Furnace Creek Resort’ book signing at ECM
Press release On Sunday February 21st, The Eastern California Museum in Independence will be hosting a book signing event with author and local Owens Valley resident David Woodruff’ for his new...
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