Lake Tahoe Unified School District still doesn’t know when this school year will end. The district is seeking a waiver from the state Department of Education regarding snow days. The district would like to not have to make all of them up. The state had said a decision would be made this week. Now officials […]
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By Michelle Robertson, San Francisco Chronicle California emerged from its five-year drought after heavy winter rains filled reservoirs and turned our golden hills green. But don’t be fooled by the emerald hues. CalFire expects wildfires to burn just as fiercely as they did during drought years – if not more so. The Eight-Station Index, […]
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· Eldorado National Forest and Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit are looking for people to serve on the El Dorado County Resource Advisory Committee. The committee is responsible for evaluating and recommending projects on or affecting federal land in El Dorado County. Applications and more info are available online. · St. Theresa Catholic Church’s religious education department […]
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Richard T. Jones III passed away on April 23, 2017, at the age of 64. He was a loving husband of Nora and they shared 40 years of marriage. He moved to Tahoe because of his love for the beautiful lake. He made a point of seeing it every day. What he would say is, […]
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Next month’s Amgen bike race is going to impact motorists in Tahoe. California Highway Patrol and marshals will supervise and manage rolling stops of approximately 20 minutes at all intersections and street crossings. That includes 10 minutes prior to the procession arriving and the amount of time it takes for the racers to pass a […]
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Publisher’s note: This is one in a series of stories about affordable housing in the Lake Tahoe-Truckee region. All articles may be accessed via the home page under Special Projects, 2017 Affordable Housing. By Linda Fine Conaboy TRUCKEE – Affordable living spaces, including single family homes, rooms, sheds, apartments, trailers and anything else deemed inhabitable […]
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By Ted Gaines Here are a few facts that should give pause to anyone supporting California’s new gas tax: Caltrans is overstaffed by 3,500 people, wasting $500 million every year that could be going to roads; California diverts a billion dollars in “weight fees” into the general fund annually, which should also be paying for […]
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By Julie R. Thomson, Huffington Post Whole Foods Market, also known as the place where you can spend your entire life savings on a couple of bags of groceries, is working on cutting its prices ― but that could affect the number of products it stocks on its shelves. This is a big shift for […]
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By Ray Hagar, Nevada Newsmakers Nevada’s Lt. Gov. Mark Hutchison recently returned from a 10-day TravelNevada trade mission to China. One of his biggest takeaways is the Chinese — who make up the No. 1 foreign travel market for the U.S. — see the Tesla gigafactory near Reno as a major tourist attraction. Hutchison said […]
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By Gary Martin, Las Vegas Review-Journal WASHINGTON — Nevada lawmakers will testify before a House hearing this week in opposition of revising Yucca Mountain as a permanent nuclear waste site, the Energy and Commerce Committee announced Monday. In advance of the hearing, Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval sent a letter to the committee noting the […]
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