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New Report Tracks Amargosa Springs and Groundwater
On a recent Zoom briefing hosted by the Amargosa Conservancy, hydrologist Andy Zdon and project staff presented new monitoring results that show a mixed trajectory for the Amargosa Basin: some groundwater trends are stabilizing or edging upward in a few locations after years of decline, while several springs that previously showed surface water are now…
Heard Around Town: Chasing Dreams
Wind and rain have tormented the region since Monday, shaking up travel plans just as Death Valley edges toward peak season. Southern California Edison has, in recent months, scheduled—and then canceled—equipment-upgrade outages more than once, and so far these storms haven’t knocked anything down. It did, however, offer a rare reward: the “snowpahs”—a fleeting, snow-bright…
What Six Years of Cannabis Tax Data Tell Us About Inyo County’s Legal Market
For all the mystique that still clings to California’s cannabis economy, the financial reality inside Inyo County’s ledgers is far more modest — steady, predictable, and revealing in the spaces where the numbers fall silent. Newly reviewed county financials, spanning six fiscal years in the county’s six-year actuals comparison, trace a trajectory that mirrors the…
Heard Around Town: Only The Resilient Remain
Tecopa officially hit triple digits ahead of Memorial Day weekend, signaling the start of the desert’s long, sun-scorched summer. With daytime highs soaring past 100°F (37°C), emerging snakes making the rounds, most of the seasonal snowbirds have packed up and headed north, leaving behind a quieter town and a smaller, more heat-hardened crowd. But summer…