Jeff Griffiths
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A Desert on Hold
She left her husband alone at home with no way to call for help if the power goes out. That was the blunt, human accounting Tecopa resident Robin Flinchum offered to the Inyo County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday — a single sentence that distilled, with terrible clarity, what it means when a telecommunications giant…
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Food Commodity Distributions to Resume in Southeast Inyo After Federal Cuts
Food commodity distributions will resume in Southeast Inyo County on Jan. 15, restoring a critical source of supplemental groceries for residents in Shoshone, Tecopa, and Charleston View after federal funding cutbacks forced Inyo-Mono Community Advocates for Community Action (IMACA) to suspend deliveries to some of the county’s most remote communities. For Tecopa residents—and for neighbors in Shoshone and…
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Death Valley and Inyo County Expand Partnership in Face of Shrinking Federal Resources
In the sun-scorched expanse of eastern California, Inyo County and Death Valley National Park are tightening their coordination in the face of extreme weather, federal staffing cuts, and aging infrastructure. Together, they are managing a uniquely challenging intersection of rural resilience and world-renowned tourism. Death Valley National Park’s Superintendent Mike Reynolds and Management Analyst Abby…