by News Staff | Mar 12, 2015 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy Inyo County’s Wellness Center will have a new, permanent home by late spring, a single-story home on Central Avenue in Bishop. The Board of Supervisors directed staff to go ahead with the $290,978 purchase at last Tuesday’s meeting with funding from a...
by News Staff | May 18, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
One Inyo County senior citizen said he thinks the county is “trying to pay for employee raises by cutting senior programs.” In fact, the $2 million needed to pay for employee wage increases did lead to what officials call Service Redesign because the...
by News Staff | Jan 29, 2014 | Government Agencies/Utilities
A meal and someone to share it with – dozens of Inyo County senior citizens look forward to that every day when they go to the closest senior citizen center and have lunch. So when County officials started to work on what they call Service Redesign, to try to...
by News Staff | Dec 12, 2013 | Government Agencies/Utilities
The local problem of homeless people in Inyo County came up when the temperature went down. Local groups confirmed that they do what they can for the homeless with food, temporary motel rooms and camping supplies. Many of these same groups formed what’s called a...
by News Staff | Oct 16, 2013 | Government Agencies/Utilities
If Congress fails to resolve the government shutdown this month, funding for food stamps and the Women, Infants and Children program in Inyo County will suffer. Senior citizen programs could as well. Health and Human Services Director Jean Turner told the Inyo...
