Archive - Aug 16, 2011
By
Mike Gervais/Register Staff
With a federal grant in hand, Inyo County is on its way to identifying property that can be used for renewable energy generation and transportation.
Inyo County is now partnering with Nye, Esmeralda, Lincoln and White Pine counties in Nevada to spend $1 million on a quest for land that can be used for renewable energy.
The five-county cooperative group received an Environmental Protection Agency Brownfields Coalition Assessment Grant to conduct environmental site assessments and area-wide planning in support of renewable energy, transmission and economic development.
By
Mike Gervais/Register Staff
County leaders approved a $75,000 project Tuesday that will get a long awaited project at the Bishop Sunland Landfill off the ground.
Using a local contractor, the county will install a new building at the gate of the landfill, providing handicapped accessibility, new restroom facilities and storage and work space for landfill employees.
Deputy Public Works Director Jeff Alstrom said the county received five bids for the project, which aims to erect a modular building at the entrance to the landfill along with a new sceptic system and water lines.
The sweet smell of the Tri-County Fair is in the air.
Entry forms for exhibits are being accepted starting this week and tickets go on sale next weekend in anticipation of the annual end-of-summer celebration scheduled to begin Thursday, Sept. 1.
The Fair exhibit office, located near the stables on the grounds, will be open all this week through Saturday to accept exhibit entry forms. Exhibits themselves will be accepted on varying schedules – depending on the type and contest – as outlined in the Fair’s Exhibit Guidebook.
