The Eldorado and Tahoe national forests are trying to get rid of surplus vehicles. The online auction is March 23-27. Sixteen vehicles and two flat bed trailers will be sold to the highest bidder. To find this auction, enter the sale number 91QSCI-15-014 on the web page. Potential bidders may inspect the vehicles starting March 23 […]
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By Kyle Roerink, Las Vegas Sun Talk of tax season is ripe in the Nevada Legislature, but the chatter has nothing to do with April 15. Gov. Brian Sandoval will lobby for his business license fee on Wednesday in the Senate’s revenue committee. The fee, an existing tax the Sandoval administration has reconfigured, would levy […]
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By Jonathan Berr, MoneyWatch It’s called “March Madness” for a reason. About 70 million people will likely try their hands at picking the winner of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, wagering more than $2 billion. That’s roughly twice what was bet on the Super Bowl, according to data from the American Gaming Association, a trade […]
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• Friends of the Library in South Lake Tahoe are having a book sale March 28 at 10am at the library – 1000 Rufus Allen Blvd. • North Tahoe Public Utility District’s annual Snow Fest Pancake Breakfast raised $1,500 for the nonprofit Dog Day in the Park and the future Tahoe Unleashed Dog Park planned […]
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By Martin Griffith, AP The historic Nevada newspaper where Mark Twain cut his journalistic teeth is back in publication for the first time in three decades, and its owners plan to uphold tradition by offering more than just real news. The Territorial Enterprise was revived as an online and monthly print publication this week by […]
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By Kathryn Reed Keep the airfield as it is while providing flexibility for other uses at the airport was the consensus Monday night of the nearly 60 people who attended a meeting about the Lake Tahoe Airport master plan. This was the third and final meeting before preferred alternatives are defined. Those will then be […]
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Publisher’s note: The following letter was sent to the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors on March 16, 2015. Dear El Dorado County Board of Supervisors, We are a concerned group of local Meyers srea residents and stakeholders in need of assistance. The letter below was submitted to our elected supervisor, Sue Novasel, earlier this […]
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By Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee Millions of Californians soon may be forced to adjust their lives around a crucial timekeeping device in their homes. Not their alarm clocks, but their irrigation timers. The State Water Resources Control Board on Tuesday is poised to get even tougher on water conservation as California now seems assured of […]
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The Avoid the 6 El Dorado County DUI Task Force will be deploying roving DUI patrols on St. Patrick’s Day in several communities throughout the area, looking to stop and arrest drivers who are impaired by alcohol or drugs. These DUI patrols are, in addition to regularly scheduled patrol officers, all looking for the tell-tale signs of an […]
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By Jackie Valley, Las Vegas Sun Humans have been using geothermal energy for more than 10,000 years, since American Paleo-Indians used hot springs for cooking, bathing and cleaning. But it wasn’t until 1904 that the first geothermal electric power plant was invented to generate electricity, when Italian scientist Piero Ginori Conti figured out how to […]
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