To Liberty Utilities, STPUD and the SLT Engineering Dept., On July 14 I wrote a letter and asked that it be published because I was having troubles getting a streetlight fixed after contacting all the proper people and agencies and waiting for a period of time. Well here we are months later after my letter […]
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By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — State Controller Ron Knecht last week released a list of bills he has requested be drafted for the 2017 legislative session, including a measure that would create a hybrid retirement plan for state and local government employees. Employees would have the option to move into this plan, […]
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By Ben Botkin, Las Vegas Review-Journal Outside groups reported putting $1.37 million into Nevada election races last week, according to Federal Election Commission data. The bulk of the money went into the Senate race between Democratic candidate Catherine Cortez Masto, a former Nevada attorney general, and Rep. Joe Heck, R-Nev. Read the whole story
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By Larry Weitzman Kia has been in the United States market for just more than 20 years and it has come a long way from their little Sephia, which in Kia’s first commercials was shown chasing a Honda Civic throughout a city, to their now world class K900. When Kia brought out the third generation […]
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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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It was seven years ago today that Lake Tahoe News was launched. The story was about the parade celebrating Jaycee Lee Dugard’s release from captivity. Much has happened in Lake Tahoe since 2009. Lake Tahoe News has been there to record the good, the bad, the happy, the mundane, the excitement and so on. We have […]
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Firefighters on the South Shore were busy again with a suspicious wildland fire on Tuesday. By 4pm Sept. 6 the blaze in Rabe Meadow in Stateline was out and crews were in patrol status, according to U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman Lisa Herron. Investigators didn’t immediately have a cause for the 30 x 40 foot fire. […]
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By Dan Walters, Sacramento Bee California’s perpetual debate over public employee pensions has always revolved about what’s called the “California rule” – a series of court decisions that seemingly prohibit any changes in pension benefits once they are granted. The debate has intensified in recent years as the California Public Employee Retirement System and other […]
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By Michelle Rindels, AP Oxygen tanks, hospital beds, feeding pumps, crutches and other durable medical equipment could be exempt from the Nevada sales tax if voters approve a measure on the ballot in November. Here are things to know about Question 4: How does it work? If the measure passes this year and again in […]
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By Emily Benson, New Scientist Species: Capnia lacustra Habitat: Lake Tahoe, 100 to 280 feet below the lake’s surface. An autumn birthday means one of these rare aquatic insects was born live; but a spring birthday bash means it probably hatched from an egg. The insect, a species of stonefly called Capnia lacustra, is one […]
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