By Taryn Luna, Sacramento Bee If you own a pet, you’ve likely cringed after reading the bottom line of a vet bill. A state assemblyman wants to ease the financial burden of pet ownership with an income tax credit that allows Californians to write off half the money they spend on vet costs up […]
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· The 14th annual Drug Store Project will be at Lake Tahoe Community College on April 4. Public and home schooled students in sixth grade may attend. Contact Lisa Huard at lhuard@ymail.com to get registered. More info about the program is available online. · United Airlines will offer nonstop flights between Reno and Chicago later this year. · […]
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Tahoe Regional Planning Agency is accepting nominations for its annual Best in Basin awards program through March 31. TRPA created the awards program to recognize projects that demonstrate exceptional planning and design and compatibility with Lake Tahoe’s environment and communities. The program has five award categories for projects completed in 2016: building and general construction […]
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By Hugo Martin, Los Angeles Times In search of some extra cash, Jim and Janet Dooley started renting out a spare bedroom in their Big Bear home to skiers and other outdoor enthusiasts. “This has brought us a couple of hundred dollars a week,” said Janet Dooley, who listed the room about two years ago on […]
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To the community, Tahoe Chamber would like to thank Councilmembers Tom Davis and Austin Sass, and the council for the invitation to attend the City Council Feb. 14 special meeting and for the opportunity to present the business community’s priorities to the city as they prepare for their strategic planning retreat. Several years ago, the […]
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A 56-year-old Truckee woman had to be evacuated from Desolation Wilderness on Sunday night after sustaining an injury. She was skiing with a group near Eagle Buttress, which is north of Eagle Lake. The leg injury prevented her from getting out of the back country on her own. The wind was so strong on Feb. […]
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Expect delays on westbound Interstate 80 northeast of Colfax on March 1 from 8am-6pm as Caltrans performs a number of maintenance operations. The left lane of Interstate 80 from just east of Secret Town to Colfax, approximately seven miles, will be closed to perform guardrail repair and maintenance as well as other maintenance tasks. Because […]
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By Jim Miller The way California raises money to maintain and repair state highways and local roads has largely been the same for more than two decades. Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic legislative leaders want to change that, and Californians would pay more as a result. In what would be the biggest shakeup of state […]
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The 6th annual St. Baldrick’s Celebration in South Lake Tahoe is March 3. Local children affected by childhood cancer will be honored at this year. The Northern Nevada Children’s Cancer Foundation has raised more than $2.1 million at local head shaving celebrations and shaved 3,282 heads. The group is the region’s only local nonprofit solely […]
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By Sandra Chereb, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — Republicans and Democrats could scrap Nevada’s caucus system in favor of a presidential primary under a bill to be considered in the state Legislature. The bill, to be introduced by the Senate Committee on Legislative Operations and Elections, would leave it to the state central committees […]
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