By Colton Lochhead, Las Vegas Review-Journal Senate Minority Leader Michael Roberson wants to prevent any city or county in Nevada from becoming a sanctuary city for undocumented immigrants. In response to recent comments from a Clark County commissioner, Roberson, R-Henderson, plans introduced a bill Monday aimed at blocking local municipalities from being declared as sanctuary […]
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Truckee officials are warning Donner Lake property owners of potential flooding. While there is currently no risk of infrastructure failure, lake levels rising above the high water mark could result in low level flooding of some properties around the lake front. The Truckee River and streams remain swollen and the Donner Lake water level remains […]
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ElectroSwing Burlesque returns to The Loft in South Lake Tahoe on Feb. 22 and March 29, at 8 each night. This original live production show features the smooth, strong, and jazzy vocals of Ashley Kepler, with a ever rotating cast. Famous jazz songs of the 1930’s and 1940’s are blended with electro-swing, world beats, and New Age sounds. […]
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El Dorado County Deputy District Attorney Katie Dobler died Feb. 13, 2017. She was 35. Katie had an absolute love for justice, unwavering patriotism, and wholehearted faith and support of the men and women in the military and law enforcement communities. Katie attended El Dorado High School. At UC Davis she earned her undergraduate and law […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Tracy Loew and Jill Castellano, USA Today As the nation’s 84,000 dams continue to age, a growing number of people downstream of these structures are at risk, according to experts and data of the nation’s dams. It’s a problem highlighted this week as nearly 200,000 people evacuated the area near Oroville Dam, which […]
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By Ted Gaines Regarding Senate Bill 1, a measure I voted against in the Senate Committee on Transportation and Housing, that creates permanent new taxes and fees to fund transportation infrastructure: Is anyone shocked that the proposed solutions to a very real transportation infrastructure crisis are more taxes and fees? It’s all Sacramento knows and […]
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By Jesse Granger, Las Vegas Sun On Saturday afternoon, for the first time ever, the NCAA men’s basketball committee released its current top 16 teams more than a month before the official bracket is announced on March 12. Las Vegas sports books paid no attention. “We have our own power rankings and we base our […]
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Truckee residents or business owners who have substantial uninsured damage from the Jan. 7-12 or Feb. 6-11 storms may be able to get some relief. Truckee declared a state of emergency for the January storm system and anticipates declaring a second state of emergency for the February storms. Based on damages to residences and businesses that […]
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Update Feb. 15, 6:25am: By Kathryn Reed Highway 50 on the Nevada and California sides is open. One lane of Highway 50 in each direction is open on the Nevada side, allowing traffic to flow between the South Shore and Carson City. The Nevada route had been closed since Feb. 8 because SUV-sized boulders had fallen onto […]
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As of Monday, Lake Tahoe is more than 3 feet above its natural rim of 6,223 feet. The National Weather Service in Reno said on Feb. 13 the lake is at 6,226.37 feet at the Fanny Bridge in Tahoe City. The lake is 3½ feet higher now compared to Oct. 1. That equates to more than […]
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