by News Staff | Apr 15, 2013 | Government Agencies/Utilities
How did someone manage to steal more than $1.5 million in welfare funds in Inyo County, undetected for eight years? The District Attorney alleges Inyo’s Social Services Supervisor Dawndee Rossy conspired with her husband Ken to commit that crime. Director of...
by News Staff | Apr 4, 2013 | Government Agencies/Utilities
After months of untold staff time, trips to Sacramento and a formal agreement, Inyo County learned Wednesday that BrightSource Energy suspended its permit application for the Hidden Hills Solar Energy project in Death Valley. Inyo officials had haggled repeatedly with...
by News Staff | Mar 11, 2013 | Government Agencies/Utilities
The big question now in the solar future of Inyo County is whether or not the State Energy Commission will let BrightSource Energy build its major Hidden Hills Solar project near Death Valley. Hearings on the proposed 500-megawatt project were scheduled to start...
by News Staff | Jan 22, 2013 | Government Agencies/Utilities
While Inyo County remains in sharp disagreement with BrightSource Energy over the cost to the County of their Hidden Hills Solar project near Death Valley, BrightSource has other business issues that have made news. And, both parties now await a decision from the...
by News Staff | Nov 20, 2012 | Government Agencies/Utilities
As Inyo County Administrator Kevin Carunchio put it, “We’re not in an expansion mode, and I don’t expect us to be any time soon.” That’s what Carunchil told the Board of Supervisors in a discussion on the County consolidated office...