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Several Inyo County businesses to receive local COVID-19 relief grants

Thanks to generous donations made by local foundations, organizations and individuals, several Inyo County businesses will receive COVID-19 relief grants this week.

City mulls creating a sales tax to offset COVID-19 costs

After reviewing this fiscal year’s budget adjustments and next fiscal year’s projections, the Bishop City Council at its Tuesday meeting discussed placing a ballot measure on the November ballot to implement a Transactions and Use Tax (TUT), commonly referred to as a local sales tax.

Inyo jobless rate hits 13.7 percent

More than 1,100 workers in Inyo County have lost their jobs, driving the county’s unemployment rate to 13.7 percent, according the most recent unemployment report for April, 2020 from the California Employment Development Department.

SBDC webinar to discuss SBA’s Final Interim Rules for loan forgiveness May 27

Small businesses can learn details about the SBA’s Final Interim Rules released Friday that give new guidance to borrowers requesting forgiveness of their Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loans in a free webinar hosted by the Small Business Development Center at CSU Bakersfield this week.

Junior Livestock Show will go on

With the Tri-County Fairgrounds facing “catastrophic” economic loss with all the spring and summer events that have been canceled, “there’s one event we will save and not cancel, and that is the 2020 Junior Livestock Show and Sale,” according to a letter from Fairgrounds CEO Jen McGuire and the J

Bishop Paiute Tribe outlines plan to reopen

As the COVID-19 pandemic stabilizes, the Bishop Paiute Tribe has planned a measured and strategic approach to allow employees to return to work safely to prevent a resurgence of the virus, according to the tribe’s emergency management team.

Quest Impact, Inc. Provides 1,0000 surgical masks to the city of Bishop during COVID-19 pandemic

Quest Impact, Inc. has delivered the first shipment of surgical protective masks to the city of Bishop (second delivery to the region) in order to alleviate the current shortage in personal protective equipment throughout the country.

County to host business reopening webinar

Inyo County has teamed up with area business leaders to form a local business task force that will host a Zoom webinar at 3 p.m. Wednesday, May 13.
The group consists of one representative from each of the following sectors: 
•Lodging
•Food and beverage
•Retail

More than 700 Inyo workers file for jobless benefits

Roughly 10 percent of Inyo County’s workforce had filed for state unemployment benefits in March when the county’s economy began to shut down to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Bishop to coordinate local grant program for businesses impacted by COVID-19

The Bishop Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce a new grant program to benefit small businesses in Bishop that have been significantly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.