The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors raised local residents’ DMV renewal fees. Prior to the board’s action last month, DMV was billing county residents $9 per vehicle, per year on behalf of the Board of Supervisors. The supervisors raised the fee to $10. The additional $1 will be used to pay for automated fingerprint […]
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By Mark Glover, Sacramento Bee Luxury home sales are flying high again in the exclusive Lake Tahoe region and the Sacramento area. Tahoe City-based Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage said the number of single-family luxury home sales in the North Lake Tahoe/Truckee region soared more than 62 percent in the first quarter of the year compared […]
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By Julia Ritchey, KUNR The U.S. State Department has greenlighted a Northern Nevada nonprofit to help resettle refugees escaping hotbeds of conflict around the globe beginning this fall. Carina Black, executive director of the Reno-based Northern Nevada International Center, says their application to become an official resettlement agency was approved in February. They’ve since been laying the groundwork, […]
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By Jeremy B. White, Sacramento Bee With the presidential nominating contest about to conclude in California, elections experts are warning that voters who aren’t registered with a party could miss out on a chance to help pick the Democratic standard-bearer. As California’s fastest-growing voter bloc, people without a party play an increasingly instrumental role in […]
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A jury found a Tahoe Vista man guilty of stealing from a doctor’s office in Incline Village. In February 2014, Cameron Francis Covington, 33, entered the office through a window. He stole non-narcotic medications, a prescription pad and $260. Because of Covington’s prior 11 felony convictions, the Washoe County District Attorney’s Office said it intends […]
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By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — The National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action has launched an informational website to stop the “Californication” of Nevadans’ gun rights. The www.votenoquestion1.com website “exposes the truth” about how a universal background check would criminalize the commonplace activities of many Nevada gun owners, the group announced […]
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By John Myers, Los Angeles Times Gov. Jerry Brown sent legislators a revised version of his state budget on Friday, insisting that lawmakers hold overall spending flat while endorsing a $2-billion bond to help the homeless. “We have the money, and it’s a serious problem,” Brown said at a state Capitol news conference. The support for […]
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· North Tahoe Public Utility District is continuing its restricted watering days this summer. · The Academy of Dance Arts spring concert is May 20 and May 21. Dancers from Tahoe to Reno will perform the ballet the “Adventures of Madeline” at MontBleu in Stateline. The second half of the show is titled “Dancin’ Through […]
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By Devin Middlebrook Bears, raccoons, and other wildlife in search of an easy meal are increasingly visiting residential areas in the Tahoe-Truckee region. It may not always be obvious, but a bag of garbage, bowl of pet food, or plate of leftovers left outside your home or vacation site can harm wildlife. Of all the […]
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By Susan Wood Looks like the thousands of South Tahoe Public Utility District customers are going with the flow in respect to proposed water and sewer rate increases. The district scheduled a workshop on May 12 to gather input and provide a presentation on the infrastructure-laden plan. No one showed up. The capital improvement plan […]
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