By Todd Prince, Las Vegas Review-Journal The focus at the World Game Protection Conference in Las Vegas turned from cheaters to active shooters this year following deadly incidents in the Philippines, Chile and Las Vegas. The annual show, which attracted about 600 security and surveillance professionals from around the world, held presentations on how to […]
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By KCRA-TV Daffodil Hill will not be opening for the 2018 season, the Ryan Family said Tuesday. “Since the end of February we have had rain, hail, and snow every week. The early flowers are gone and the ones that are up are badly damaged,” the ranch owners posted on Facebook. Read the whole story
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By David Crary, AP Suddenly, America is on the march. Saturday’s March for Our Lives, planned for Washington and hundreds of other locations, is just the most recent sign that an extraordinary number of Americans are taking to heart the old truism that democracy should not be a spectator sport. In numbers not seen since […]
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The annual Kings Beach Snowfest Parade this month featured 27 entries from community nonprofit organizations, government agencies, service groups and local businesses. This year’s parade was attended by more than 1,700 spectators. It featured live music, fire trucks, candy, and more. The 2018 parade winners are: Best Tahoe Spirit Award: North Tahoe Public Utility District […]
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Lake Tahoe Community College will be having auditions on April 10 at 7pm in LTCC’s Duke Theatre for four one-act plays. A variety of parts for all ages is available for the college’s spring production consisting of four one-act plays, with performances slated for June 14-16 and June 21-24 in the Duke Theatre. Auditions will […]
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By Matthew Daly, AP A spending bill approved by the House includes a bipartisan plan to create a wildfire disaster fund to help combat increasingly severe wildfires that have devastated the West in recent years. The bill sets aside more than $20 billion over 10 years to allow the Forest Service and other federal agencies […]
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Washoe County sheriff’s deputies issued more than 300 citations for speeding violations during a statewide Joining Forces traffic safety event in early March. From March 2-18, 2018, the sheriff’s office, along with the Reno and Sparks Police Departments, and the Nevada Highway Patrol dedicated extra officers to enforce speed safety laws as part of ongoing […]
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· South Lake Tahoe Fire Rescue is hosting a training class on March 31, noon-1:30pm on bleeding control. It will include instruction for the layperson on how to control bleeding to save a life. The free class is at 1100 Lyons Ave. For more information, contact Kim George at kgeorge@cityofslt.us or 530.307.9596. · Big Blue […]
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By Megan Harrod, U.S. Ski Team Olympian Ryan Cochran-Siegle (Starksboro, Vt.) opened his Toyota U.S. Alpine Championships week off with an alpine combined national title, laying down an impressive super-G run and a fast slalom run on the tough Baldy slope in Sun Valley, Idaho. On the women’s side, the young, talented A.J. Hurt […]
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By Kathryn Reed MEYERS – Out of a $550 million annual budget the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors only gets to decide how a fraction of that is spent. It’s the approximately $150 million General Fund that they have a say over. The rest is state and federal money that has strings attached. And […]
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