A dozen corps members from the California Conservation Corps in Meyers will spend the next month in Louisiana aiding residents with flood cleanup efforts. The group, supervised by staff member Zach McHenry, are among six crews from CCC locations throughout the state dispatched to Louisiana to help after the severe August flooding. They leave on Friday. […]
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By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — Nevada Highway Patrol troopers soon will have another set of eyes on their interactions with the public. Nevada’s 465 uniformed patrol officers who deal directly with the public are on track to begin wearing body cameras by a January deadline, joining Las Vegas police in the […]
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Comments are being sought on the environment document for the Meyers roundabout. Caltrans is proposing to install a three-legged roundabout at highways 50 and 89. The initial study/proposed negative declaration is the draft environmental document. Caltrans has studied the effects the project may have on the environment and determined the project will not significantly affect […]
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The U.S. Forest Service, assisted by Truckee River Day volunteers, will dedicate the Hobart Mills Trailhead at 11am Oct. as part of the Truckee River Day event. In conjunction with Caltrans, efforts to close a user-created parking area adjacent to Highway 89 and Prosser Creek will begin on Tuesday. Historically used to access the Commemorative […]
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Fire restrictions in the Tahoe National Forest will be lifted Oct. 11. When restrictions are lifted, recreationists may have campfires outside of designated campgrounds with a valid California campfire permit, smoke outside of designated sites, and operate internal combustion engines off forest roads and trails where designated. Campfire permits are free of charge from any […]
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Porky is one of two cute male kittens waiting at the shelter for their new homes. Both boys are 2- to 3-months-old, and very playful. These kittens, along with four other older and very nice cats, are ready to move out of the shelter environment and into new homes. Porky and the other cats are […]
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Publisher’s note: The following endorsement is from Lake Tahoe News after a team of seven community members gathered to discuss Measure T. It was in 1911 that California became the 10th state to offer the initiative process to voters. Now 24 states allow initiatives on the ballot. At the state level it has evolved into a […]
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By Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times Many thousands of Californians are dying every year from infections they caught while in hospitals. But you’d never know that from their death certificates. Sharley McMullen of Manhattan Beach came down with a fever just hours after being wheeled out of a Torrance Memorial Medical Center operating room on May […]
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By David Bunker, Moonshine Ink The Nevada County District Attorney’s Office has closed its two-year investigation into former Tahoe Forest Hospital CEO Bob Schapper. District Attorney Cliff Newell said his office will file no charges in the case and will pursue no further action regarding the investigation. Newell launched his investigation following the July 2014 […]
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Three wildland fires have burned on the South Shore in a 24-hour period. Late this afternoon the U.S. Forest Service was busy with a quarter-acre fire in Rabe Meadow in Stateline. The cause is under investigation. Tahoe Douglas crews were first on the scene to suppress the fire. The other blaze on Oct. 9 was […]
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