LA Times: With just days of cash left, remote California hospital nears crisis point

"...Located in Lone Pine, a town at the base of Mt. Whitney with just 1,300 residents, Southern Inyo Healthcare District is the only hospital within a nearly 60-mile radius. It’s the closest stop for injured hikers and dehydrated tourists visiting Whitney or nearby Death Valley, which regularly receives more than 1 million visitors per year. Without it there would be a 136-mile stretch between the next closest hospitals in the eastern Sierra Nevada...."

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-09-20/with-just-days-of-cash-left-remote-california-hospital-nears-crisis-point

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Adventure 2022: Death Valley, Day 1, Badwater Basin (March 13)

https://dashausvonruh.com/2025/09/14/adventure-2022-death-valley-day-1-badwater-basin-march-13/

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A weathered wooden barrel and chain at Harmony Borax Works in Death Valley, California, showcasing industrial relics of the borax mining era in a rustic, historical setting.

#BuyIntoArt #DeathValley #California #mining #HarmonyBoraxWorks #History

https://jrtphotography.com/featured/rustic-barrel-and-chain-at-harmony-borax-works-john-twynam.html