by Deb Murphy | Feb 6, 2020 | General Misc. Stories
Diaz Lake and the Laws Railroad Museum will be getting some major fixes to their water systems, thanks to an anticipated $400,000 in Prop. 68 Per Capita funds. As Leslie Chapman, assistant administrative officer, explained at Tuesday’s Inyo Board of Supervisors...
by Deb Murphy | Nov 24, 2019 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories
Inyo’s Public Works Director Mike Errante cleared up the mystery of the bi-plane at the corner of Poleta Roads near Laws at last Tuesday’s Supervisors’ meeting. The bi-plane had to make an emergency landing October 22. It was towed to the intersection and, apparently,...
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 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...