Starting in October boat inspections will move to select launch ramps and winter hours will begin. Tahoe Resource Conservation District inspectors will be stationed at Cave Rock and Lake Forest boat launches from 6am-4pm seven days a week, weather and construction permitting. All boats without an intact Tahoe inspection seal are required to get an […]
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By Kathryn Reed The budget the South Lake Tahoe City Council will be asked to approve on Tuesday has been built with cautious optimism. City Manager Nancy Kerry likes to look at the big picture when putting numbers together. In particular she is paying attention to models that show recessions in the last 50 years […]
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Off-highway vehicle enthusiasts and interested members of the public may give input regarding sign content for the McKinney Rubicon kiosk at a meeting Sept. 22. It will be from 1-4pm at the U.S. Forest Service office in South Lake Tahoe, 35 College Drive. For more information about the meeting, contact Mike Gabor 530.543.2642 or emailmgabor@fs.fed.us.
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By Pashtana Usufzy, Las Vegas Review-Journal Free genetic testing is being offered to 5,000 Northern Nevadans as part of a public-private collaboration intended to assess how factors like genetics and environment affect overall population health. Health care network Renown Health, California-based personal genetics company 23andMe and the Desert Research Institute (DRI) — an environmental research […]
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· Stacy Noyes has been appointed to the Douglas County Planning Commission. She will fill out Jim Beattie’s term, which expires Dec. 31, 2018. · The Guinn Center for Policy Priorities has released a series of fact sheets on the various state and county ballot initiatives voters in Nevada will consider in November. · The Tahoe Area […]
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Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News asked candidates for South Lake Tahoe City Council, Lake Tahoe Community College, Lake Tahoe Unified School District, Douglas County School District, South Tahoe Public Utility District and Lake Valley Fire Protection District a series of questions. We are running the responses in the order received. All profiles may be found […]
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By Dan Walters, Sacramento Bee The “unfunded liabilities” of state and local pension funds are California’s biggest unresolved political issue – at least in financial terms. We know, with fair accuracy, how much money flows into and out of those trust funds now and into the reasonably predictable future, as well as the current value […]
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By Nathan Solis, Redding Record Searchlight Biomass facilities across the state banked their future on Gov. Jerry Brown’s signing of Senate Bill 859 on Wednesday, which gives energy providers incentive to consider bioenergy and purchase electricity from those plants. The bill will allow bioenergy plants to stay in business or at least that is the hope. […]
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By Adelaide Chen, Las Vegas Review-Journal Nevada is one of just eight states that saw a slight increase in income inequality from 2014 to 2015, according to Census data that raise questions about the evenness of the state’s economic recovery. The state’s increase in income inequality, as measured by a mathematical formula known as the […]
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Crews will be on working around the clock on Sept. 21 and Sept. 26-Oct. 7 on the bike path-stormwater project on Highway 28 in Incline Village. Motorists should anticipate delays of up to 30 minutes with one-lane flagger controlled closures near Hidden Beach, one mile south of Incline Village. Work will include relocation of a […]
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