By Claudia Buck, Sacramento Bee Complaints against physicians for misconduct have dogged the Medical Board of California for years. Some say the system is broken, with patients unable to easily figure out if their doctor has been disciplined. With complaints rising – more than 8,000 lodged annually over the past three years – the issue […]
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By Doyle Rice, USA Today The planet sizzled to its second-warmest winter on record, failing to oust the 2015-2016 season from the top spot, federal scientists announced Friday. The global temperature for the months of December, January and February soared to 1.6 degrees above average this winter, according to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration data. That’s a huge amount […]
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Dogs of all breeds and sizes competed in the 13th annual I-Did-A-Run on March 12 at Tahoe Donner Downhill Ski Area. This on-snow dog pull race raised $1,836 for the Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe via raffle tickets, and $2,000 from a private contribution. Forty-five dogs raced against the clock pulling weighted covered wagon sleds over […]
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By Scott Sonner, AP Sierra Club lawyers who’ve preached against the environmental evils of coal-burning power plants for decades are trying to force the closure of the last significant one in renewable energy-rich Nevada with arguments based on a different sort of green: money. “It used to be that we had to come in and […]
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By Bill Pennington, New York Times ASPEN, Colo. — “Is my career ahead of schedule?” Mikaela Shiffrin, the precocious Olympic and world ski racing champion, asked here on Monday, her 22nd birthday. “No, I don’t think I’ll ever believe I’m ahead of schedule.” That is truly bad news for the other women’s ski racers of […]
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By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee The 2017 South Tahoe Wooden Boat Classic, an event spotlighting classic boats, has been canceled after the sponsoring organization was unable to reach an agreement to use the Tahoe Keys Marina for the event. The show, sponsored by the Northern California/Lake Tahoe Chapter of the Antique and Classic Boat Society, […]
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By Gary Martin, Las Vegas Review-Journal A $1.1 trillion budget blueprint by President Trump that includes a revival of Yucca Mountain as a repository for nuclear waste was declared “dead on arrival” Thursday by Nevada’s two U.S. senators. And Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval, a Republican, said opposition in the state to the proposal would be […]
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· El Dorado County is one of 15 counties that will see federal aid from this winter’s storms. President Trump granted the relief this week. · The 11th annual Music on the Beach free concert series will be on consecutive Fridays from 6-8:30pm at Kings Beach State Recreation Area. The series will feature nine concerts from […]
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By Chris Kudialis, Las Vegas Sun CARSON CITY — If recent assertions against recreational marijuana made by leaders in President Donald Trump’s administration come to fruition, Nevada would have few options for stopping federal intervention, Gov. Brian Sandoval said this week. “That was always an issue — it’s illegal under federal law,” Sandoval told the […]
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In order to properly maintain improvements and budget for the future costs of aging infrastructure in the Tahoe City downtown core, Placer County, Tahoe City Public Utility District and Tahoe City Downtown Association are exploring the idea of forming a benefit assessment district. Future road and sidewalk improvements in Tahoe City are on their way, […]
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