by News Staff | Mar 19, 2017 | General Misc. Stories
Submitted by Daniel Pritchett According to a press release recently issued by the Big Pine Paiute Tribe of the Owens Valley, DWP has yet to start repairs to its pipe which supplies irrigation water to the Big Pine reservation. The pipe has gotten increasingly clogged...
by News Staff | Feb 27, 2017 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
Submitted by Daniel Pritchett At the 2/9/17 Technical Group meeting Inyo County Water Department director Bob Harrington voted to approve DWP’s pre-construction plan for new wells on the Bishop cone (and was roundly booed for his efforts). Afterwards, he was quoted as...
by News Staff | Jan 23, 2017 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities, Letters to the Editor
By Daniel Pritchett Last July I wrote an op-ed arguing for LAxit: inspired by Brexit (the British referendum on membership in the European Union), LAxit would be a referendum on Los Angeles exiting the valley while phasing out its dependence on Eastern Sierra water,...
by News Staff | Aug 8, 2016 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
Letter to the Editor Submitted by Daniel Pritchett British voters recently surprised the world by voting in a non-binding referendum to exit the European Union (Brexit). Among other things, Brexit supporters argued the European Union threatened British sovereignty and...
by News Staff | Jan 20, 2016 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
Submitted by Daniel Pritchett, Bishop A most remarkable press release! On January 12, DWP issued a press release. What DWP wrote: DWP announced it had modified wells “W385” and “W386” in the Five Bridges area, changed their names to “385R” and “386R”, and would...