By Anjeanette Damon, Reno Gazette-Journal Five years ago, Washoe County handed 87 parcels of land over to the Incline Village General Improvement District, forgiving more than $800,000 in unpaid property taxes on the land in exchange for a promise from Incline Village to use the land as publicly owned open space. The lots, most of them […]
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By Larry Weitzman The only way in which the MDX SH-AWD Hybrid is not better than the conventional MDX is the price, but that differential is only $1,500; a small price to pay when you consider the advantages of more performance and about 15 percent better fuel economy overall and perhaps a 20 percent improvement […]
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Updated 3:31pm: NV Energy had no idea why the power is out this afternoon. At one point 4,386 customers at the lake and in the Carson Valley were without power. The outage affected the Douglas County Commissioners meeting at Stateline on Dec. 21. It had to be halted at 2:30pm because the meeting is supposed […]
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The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is repeating the warning to the public that calls are being made to residents from people claiming they are a member of the department. The caller stating the resident has missed a court date, or missed jury duty and claim there is now a fine due and a warrant issued. […]
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By Chris Kudialis, Las Vegas Sun Tax proceeds on Nevada’s marijuana sales is continuing an upward trajectory, establishing a new monthly high in October during the fourth month of the state’s recreational marijuana program, officials announced Wednesday. The industry brought in more than $5.8 million in October, which includes a 15-percent wholesale tax for both […]
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By Kathryn Reed SnowGlobe is already irritating people and the loud bass that permeates the otherwise tranquil night air of South Lake Tahoe hasn’t even started. A section of Al Tahoe Boulevard, one of the major thoroughfares in town, is going to be closed the better part of the three days of the music festival. […]
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El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office is partnering with Uber to encourage local residents to use safe rides to reduce impaired driving. This comes on the heels of a similar partnership with Lyft. The program with Uber offers a $10 discount to any new Uber rider whose origin or destination is in El Dorado, Sacramento, […]
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By Ciji Taylor Traveling at speeds up to 14 mph, wildfires can quickly ravish landscapes and homesteads. Experts with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service, (NRCS) are studying what plants can slow fire rather than fuel it. NRCS’ Plant Materials Centers evaluate and study plants, including those that can reduce fire damage or losses, helping keep […]
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By Kathryn Reed Diversifying the types of people coming to the South Shore and the reasons they do so is a goal of local business owners and tourism officials. Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority is making a concerted effort to attract more conventions/meetings to the area. This in turn will ideally put more heads in beds […]
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By Dan Walters, CalMatters Twice each year, once in January and again in May, Gov. Jerry Brown warns Californians that the economic prosperity their state has enjoyed in recent years won’t last forever. Brown attaches his admonishments to the budgets he proposes to the Legislature – the initial one in January and a revised version […]
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