The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office recently acquired four new law enforcement chaplains. The chaplains are civilian volunteers; faith based religious leaders in the community. The chaplains completed 60 hours of training in protocols and procedures in chaplaincy, along with DCSO procedures. The chaplains increased the group size from two to six. They are Bill Henderson, […]
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By Paul Nelson, KTVN-TV Truckee River Rafting tries to open for the summer months on Memorial Day, but it had to wait a few extra weeks this year. River flows have to be at least 200 cubic feet per second for the company to open and that did not happen until last Thursday, after the […]
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By Hugo Martin, Los Angeles Times To hear Sudhin Shahani explain the latest turbulence at Surf Air, you would get the impression that all is well with the all-you-can-fly membership airline. But the chairman and chief executive of Santa Monica-based Surf Air, which operates in Truckee, can’t completely dismiss the sense that something is amiss […]
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By Dennis Zabaglo Ten years ago, when a new threat to Lake Tahoe from invasive species emerged, TRPA stepped up to tackle the challenge. That challenge, now known throughout the West, was to prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species, especially quagga mussels. TRPA took the initiative to lead the collaborative partnership to fight invasive […]
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By Dan Walters, CALmatters When President Trump signed an overhaul of the federal tax system six months ago, there was much complaining from politicians in California, New York and other high-taxing – and politically blue – states. They particularly disliked a new $10,000 limit on deductability of state and local taxes because it would make […]
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By Christopher Ingraham, Washington Post Americans are conserving water in their homes like never before, according to a U.S. Geological Survey report released this month. In per capita terms, domestic water use has plummeted from 112 gallons per day in 1980 to just 82 gallons in 2015, a 27 percent decrease. Take 30 gallon-sized milk […]
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By Adam Ashton and Emily Cadei, Sacramento Bee California’s pubic employee unions were handed a serious blow in a Supreme Court ruling Wednesday that forbids them from collecting fees from workers who benefit from their representation but do not want to join them. In a 5 to 4 ruling, the court determined that public sector […]
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By Mick Akers, Las Vegas Sun The Supreme Court’s recent overturning of a federal ban on sports betting could clear the path for New York to become the largest U.S. sports wagering market. By 2023, New York is projected to rake in $700 million annually from sports bets, according to projections by GamblingCompliance, an independent […]
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By Associated Press A man who authorities say claimed to be a police officer and pointed a gun during a road rage encounter near Lake Tahoe has been sentenced to up to four years in prison. Jared Kaiser, 33, was sentenced Monday after pleading guilty in April to assault with a deadly weapon. Read the […]
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A 33-year-old South Lake Tahoe bicyclist was killed early Wednesday morning by a hit-and-run driver. The man, whose name has not been released, was found by construction workers in the early morning of June 27 when they arrived to work. He was already deceased. This was on Highway 50 eastbound, west of the Upper Truckee […]
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