Tecopa Community Center

  • A Desert on Hold

    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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  • Paper Trails: The Bureaucratic Glow-Up of Tecopa’s Community Center

    Paper Trails: The Bureaucratic Glow-Up of Tecopa’s Community Center

    “It gets very dark here in the winter,” wrote Aaron Holmberg, Inyo County’s Assistant Director of Risk Management, in his 2024 safety report on the Tecopa Community Center. “The exit signs are needed, especially if the power goes out earlier or later in the day for staff.” If you’ve ever wondered how slow progress looks…

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