By Ty Polastri Bike paths can transform a community to be safer, healthier, and contribute to its economic and environmental sustainability. A bike path, or more accurately called a shared-use trail, is a “completely separated right-of-way for the exclusive use of bicyclists and pedestrians with cross-flow from vehicles minimized.” The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency reports […]
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By Blair Anthony Robertson, Sacramento Bee For most of his long career in the bicycle industry, Jack Cauthen greeted customers, made sales and repaired their faulty chains, frayed cables and poorly shifting gears in a traditional bike shop. Cauthen hasn’t left the bike business, but these days he’s rolling around town in a customized Mercedes […]
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To the community, German team vs. Tahoe Madrid: tied 1-1. What an amazing game. Great sportsmanship. No shoving or pushing. Just straight fun. This was a once in a lifetime opportunity for both teams. The German team came all the way from Germany to play against our girls. Both teams played very well and a […]
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By Nicole Raz, Las Vegas Review-Journal A new WalletHub study ranks Nevada as the 35th best state in which to start a new business, but Nevada officials question inclusion of some of the metrics used in the study. It’s a low score compared with the rankings the state has recently received. A January study from […]
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By Arthur Kane, Las Vegas Review-Journal Nevada governments are using the underfunded state pension system to boost the income of public employees. The practice, which is legal but often based on decades-old or misused exemptions to the law, costs taxpayers at least $23 million a year in pension and salary, a Las Vegas Review-Journal investigation […]
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By Jenny Kane, Reno Gazette-Journal Nevada dispensaries licensed to sell recreational marijuana are running out of pot less than a week after the legal market came to life, according to the state Department of Taxation. On Friday, taxation officials announced that Gov. Brian Sandoval had endorsed the department’s “statement of emergency,” allowing state officials to consider adopting […]
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Natalie Baird Hickey died June 25, 2017, at the age of 49. After a valiantly fought battle against stage 4 pancreatic cancer, Natalie passed away peacefully in her home in Tehachapi. Natalie was born to Gareth Maughan Baird and Sandra Olivia Johnson on July 30, 1967, in Murray, Utah. She was the third of seven […]
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· T3 Adventures is putting on wilderness first aid for dog courses at Cedar House Sport Hotel in Truckee on July 15, July 22, and Aug. 19. For more info, go online. · Douglas County Public Library presents storytime at Mormon Station State Historic Park in Genoa on July 21 at 11am. Children of all ages […]
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By Associated Press California’s emergency services director fired off a sharply worded letter to the U.S. Forest Service this week that said the agency had stiffed local governments $18 million for fighting wildfires on federal lands last year and raised the prospect the state may stop protecting national forests during blazes. “I cannot continue to […]
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By Lake Tahoe News Cindy Gustafson, general manager for the Tahoe City Public Utility District, is quitting to become CEO of North Lake Tahoe Resort Association. She is leaving one agency mired in controversy to join another with its own issues. Gustafson has been with TCPUD for 26 years, with the last nine as the […]
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