Publisher’s note: This is the second of two stories investigating the toxic storm water runoff on the West Slope of El Dorado County. By Joann Eisenbrandt A major El Dorado County roads project slated to begin construction in spring 2017 has raised additional concerns as well as questions about what actually remains of the Diamond […]
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By Jerry Nickelsburg Where does an economist who works in the Pacific Rim go on vacation? This summer, I chose Mongolia, and not only because it is remote and has beautiful glaciated mountains. I also chose it for its reputation for economic potential. I went with some preconceptions. For one thing, I had read that […]
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By Associated Press Nevada is one of 28 states the Justice Department is sending federal election observers to monitor the polls on Election Day. The Justice Department announced Monday that 500 staffers are being dispatched to 67 jurisdictions — including Washoe and Mineral counties — to watch for potential civil rights violations, such as discrimination […]
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By Mark Robison, Reno Gazette-Journal When can you start smoking (or eating, drinking or vaping) marijuana if Nevada’s Question 2 ballot initiative passes? When will stores start selling recreational pot in Reno? We connected with Joe Brezny, spokesman for the Coalition to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, to learn the answer to these and other questions […]
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By Paul McHugh, Sacramento Bee Had your skis or board freshly tuned? Good. Layered clothes, helmet and sunscreen all packed? Check. Car ready with new wipers, antifreeze fluid, tire chains in the trunk? Great. But let’s consider the most important piece of gear. Is your body truly in shape for winter recreation? As they used […]
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Lake Tahoe Community College’s board of trustees will have a meeting later this month to discuss disbanding the theater arts program. The college is proposing to do so at the end of this academic year because of lack of enrollment and the expense to keep it going. That does not mean the theater would be […]
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· Over the last year, Humane Society of Truckee Tahoe found homes for 100 percent of the adoptable and treatable pets received from Placer County. The average length of stay for animals in the new shelter is 12.8 days for dogs and 46.5 days for cats. That is a significant decrease from the average length […]
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By Wayne Parry, AP ATLANTIC CITY — A poll finds nearly half of Americans approve of legalized sports betting, reasoning that so many people are already doing it. The Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind poll released last week finds 48 percent support changing federal law to make sports betting legal throughout the country; 39 percent are […]
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Alpenglow Sports’s 11th annual Winter Film Series begins Nov. 17 at 7pm when local hero Dave Nettle kicks off the series at Squaw Valley’s Olympic Village Lodge with his show “Ski Mountaineering in the Tyrol: Hut to Hut Ski Touring the Stubai Alps.” Designed to inspire, motivate and educate, the series runs from November through February. It showcases four to five […]
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By Ellen Garrison, Sacramento Bee A San Francisco-based startup is offering a solution to a vexing problem for local governments – how to find and tax people renting their homes through online services such as Airbnb or HomeAway. Host Compliance, whose newest client is Placer County, is designed to find such homeowners and enforce payment […]
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