By Associated Press Nevada tax officials are seeking a nearly $900,000 loan to hire four officers to create regulations for the newly passed recreational marijuana law. A state Department of Taxation request to tap funds from an Interim Finance Contingency Account will be considered Tuesday by the three-member state Board of Examiners, the Las Vegas Review-Journal […]
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Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce’s Level UP Workshop series will be the third Wednesday of the every month throughout 2017. The workshop series will kick off with the Human Resource Employment Law Workshop on Jan. 18 from noon-1:30pm. This ongoing chamber workshop series brings the latest business resources and hot topics to the […]
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By USSA ADELBODEN, Switzerland – David Chodounsky (Crested Butte, Colo.) was the best U.S. racer of the day on Sunday, taking 12th place through tough conditions at the Audi FIS Ski World Cup slalom in Adelboden. Michael Ankeny (Deephaven, Minn.) and Mark Engel (Truckee) grabbed top-30 spots to score points. The weather was inconsistent at […]
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Sierra Nevada College is accepting applications before the start of spring semester for bachelor’s degree-completion programs on the Lake Tahoe Community College campus in education, psychology and global business management. The program is a partnership between Incline Village-based SNC and LTCC. Tuition for SNC Tahoe students at LTCC is discounted ($382 per credit hour) and […]
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· Comedian and impressionist Justin Rupple will be at Hard Rock Lake Tahoe on Jan. 14 at 8pm. Tickers are $10. Must be 21 to attend. · Tahoe Truckee Unified School District is going to start having two-hour late starts when there has been significant snow during the night that ends or is expected to […]
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Updated 2:10pm: Since the first of the year Lake Tahoe has risen about 1 foot; that’s 33.6 billion gallons of water. Interstate 80 is open in both directions. Highway 395 is closed in both directions from Stephanie to Cradlebaugh Bridge. Jacks Valley Road is open. Multiple state roads in the greater Truckee Meadows and Carson […]
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Peanut is a 9-month-old mystery puppy. We see Pug, maybe terrier, maybe miniature Schnauzer. But whatever his background, he’s a very cute puppy who gets along well with other dogs, cats, and kids. Peanut is one of eight dogs at the shelter, including several other small young dogs, looking for new homes. Many of the […]
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By Kathryn Reed It’s not a matter of whether climate change exists; the discussion now is what is going to be done about it — not to stop it, but in terms of how to live with it. That is exactly what the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board’s directors are going to discuss at […]
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By Lesley Alderman, New York Times Here’s a New Year’s challenge for the mind: Make this the year that you quiet all those negative thoughts swirling around your brain. All humans have a tendency to be a bit more like Eeyore than Tigger, to ruminate more on bad experiences than positive ones. It’s an evolutionary […]
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By Bernice Yeung, Reveal That little green frog logo is everywhere: sprawled across chocolate bar wrappers, stuck to the side of tea canisters, perched on banana labels. The web-toed amphibian is the Rainforest Alliance Certified seal, a signal to consumers that the product is friendly to the planet and to farmworkers. But when it comes […]
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