Publisher’s note: This is one of several stories about mental health issues in the Lake Tahoe Basin that will be running through October. By Kathryn Reed Recovery is possible. That is the overriding message from parents of a mentally ill son. Jeanne Nelson cried in the shower every day for a year grieving for the loss of […]
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By Larry Weitzman Who will be the next chief administrative officer for El Dorado County? In another recent failure of the CAO’s office, EDC’s Economic Development Policy J-7 allowing the county to give tax incentives for businesses to locate in EDC lapsed during some potential negotiations to locate a small to medium business enterprise in […]
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By Michael Doyle, McClatchy Washington Bureau House Republicans intent on storing more California water and redirecting it to farms have resurrected some familiar and controversial ideas, this time as part of a must-pass spending bill. The provisions, including a freeze on an ambitious San Joaquin River restoration program and mandated pumping from the Sacramento-San Joaquin […]
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Crews on Friday finished skimming the entire cove at the Tahoe Keys where an oil spill was first reported on April 11. “We have not identified a source or what exactly it was,” Cathe Pool with Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board told Lake Tahoe News. Samples taken Monday and Thursday were sent to a […]
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Caltrans intends to resume work on Highway 89 along the West Shore starting next week. The $70.1 million water quality improvement project is building new drainage facilities to collect and treat stormwater runoff. It includes adding curbs and gutters, widening the highway and repaving an eight-mile section of Highway 89 between Tahoma and Tahoe City. This […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal Four bear cubs orphaned near Stateline will have a chance to grow up near Reno, at least until next winter. That’s according to the Nevada Department of Wildlife which rescued the cubs last week after discovering their mother died, apparently of natural causes. The cubs had been living under a […]
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Weather permitting, Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District, Nevada Division of Forestry and U.S. Forest Service may continue prescribed fire operations April 18. On the East Shore, operations may take place on the north side of Spooner Lake off Highway 28, Spooner Summit, Camp Galilee and on Kingsbury Grade near Edgewood Drive. On the South Shore, […]
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South Lake Tahoe is offering kayakers an opportunity to practice rolling skills at the city pool. No instruction will be offered. What is available is a controlled and calm pool environment. People need to bring their own kayak. Helmets and personal floatation devices are recommended. The pool is available on Saturdays from April 16-May 21 […]
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By Marcella Corona, Reno Gazette-Journal Nevada has the fifth highest rate of domestic violence homicides involving guns nationwide, according to a report released by the Nevada Network Against Domestic Violence. The report showed that Nevada women are 65 percent more likely to be shot and killed by their current or former partners than women in other states. […]
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By Jenny Kane, Reno Gazette-Journal When Devin Price and Tyler Joersz craft a ukulele, they don’t see it as just making an instrument. They see it as breathing life back into nature. On a warm spring morning in their company studio, they admire one of the ukuleles in the works. The front of it is […]
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