Caltrans is hosing a meeting April 12 for people to learn about the upcoming project on two miles of Highway 50 in South Lake Tahoe. The primary objective of this $56 million project from the Y to Trout Creek is to collect and treat highway storm water runoff. The project also will help meet the […]
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By Kathryn Reed It’s coming, and may arrive with a vengeance. We’re talking about allergy season. “The wet weather will bring a lot more vigorous plant growth, which means more pollen and more allergies,” Ronald Roth, otolaryngologist at Barton Ear, Nose & Throat, told Lake Tahoe News. The one good thing about all the snow […]
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By Clint Purvance The Republican Party’s decision on March 24 to pull the vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act was met with disappointment and relief. While backers of the newly proposed legislation were disappointed that they could not find sufficient support, residents who depend on the Affordable Care Act’s medical protections and insurance options […]
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For Liberty Utilities customers who had meters that could not be read because of the snow, their January and February bills were based on estimated billing. This may have resulted in higher- than-expected bills for those months. Once an actual read is obtained, Liberty provides an adjusted corrected statement. Answers to some of the most […]
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To the community, “Choices, what are yours?” was the theme of our efforts in keeping our youth drug free. I want to thank the many agencies, service clubs, businesses, and volunteers who provided assistance with the 14th annual Drug Store Project event on April 4 at Lake Tahoe Community College. Teaching our youth about the […]
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By Scott Sonner, AP A former worker at the children’s ski school at Heavenly Mountain Resort pleaded not guilty Thursday to sexual exploitation of a minor and child pornography charges accusing him of photographing young children in a bathroom at a rural Nevada daycare. Stephan DeGraffenreid, 26, entered the pleas to four federal counts in […]
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By Colton Lochhead and Nicole Raz, Las Vegas Review-Journal Following in the footsteps of Colorado, Washington and other states which have legalized recreational marijuana, Nevada is bracing for an influx of cash — cash that will have no bank to call home. Because federal law prohibits banks and credit unions from depositing marijuana money, the […]
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By Meghin Delaney, Las Vegas Review-Journal Nevada school board trustees would be required to undergo at least six hours of training in the first and third years of their terms under a bill introduced this week. Training sessions would include financial management, public record laws and local government ethics, according to Assembly Bill 451. […]
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Douglas County exceeded its requirement to reduce fine sediment from reaching Lake Tahoe. The mandate was a 10 percent reduction that had an equivalent of 41 credits. One credit is equal to 200 pounds of fine sediment particles. Douglas earned 53 credits. The total maximum daily load program’s first deadline was in 2016. These numbers […]
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Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., is upset about the proposal to gut the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act. On Tuesday he sent a letter to Department of the Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and Senate Interior and Environment Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Lisa Murkowski and ranking member Tom Udall to express his strong concern with the recently […]
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