By Barbara Barte Osborn, Sacramento Bee A solo accident on icy Highway 267 near Truckee injured an Auburn woman, brought down power lines and closed the road in both directions Tuesday morning. The 52-year-old woman, whose name is not being released because no criminal charges were involved, was flown to a Reno hospital with major […]
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By Kathryn Reed The South Lake Tahoe City Council should worry less about what lobbyist it has and instead hire a therapist to get them to play nice together. Analysis In a testy show of unfriendliness, the five on Tuesday more overtly than at any other council meeting demonstrated a tremendous amount of hostility – […]
Read moreThank you to everyone who became a paid subscriber to Lake Tahoe News during our promotion in May. This will greatly increase our efforts to becoming an adjudicated publication. For those who submitted their paperwork in May, they were in the running for one of two photographs taken by Dirk Yuricich. Patricia Miller won the […]
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By Lee Bonner I have been a proponent of bringing new businesses to Douglas County long before I ran for county commissioner. Since 2007, we have lost more than 3,000 jobs and we must bring them back. Our county has invested time and resources in economic development and our economic vitality plan, so it’s crucial […]
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By Kathryn Reed We have gotten in more barbecue days this summer (and it’s not even really summer) than we usually do by the end of June. The warm nights of this past weekend were ideal for being on the back deck and aromas coming from outside instead of from the kitchen. I rarely measure […]
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By Kathryn Reed Voters in South Lake Tahoe agreed June 5 to revamp the business tax fee, while voters throughout El Dorado County voted out one incumbent supervisor and voted in another. The countywide Measure C also passed. In Placer County, Measure F passed. All results from Tuesday’s California are preliminary until certified, but these […]
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By Laura Chilaka, California News Service WASHINGTON — Members of Congress speak at a 10th-grade level – down almost a full grade since 2005 – raising the question of whether they are embracing a more effective communication strategy or dumbing down their messages, a new report says. The findings published by the Sunlight Foundation, a […]
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An ex-felon has fled California and could be in Douglas County, according to officials. Douglas deputies got word that Randy Nourse, 48, was at the Summit Crest Apartments on Mica Drive in north Douglas County. When the SWAT team entered the apartment at approximately 6:50pm June 5 no one was inside. It is unknown at […]
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By Martha Bellisle, Reno Gazette-Journal A Reno Gazette-Journal investigation into Harvey Whittemore’s election campaign activities in Nevada found that the embattled former lobbyist, his family and associates have given more than $400,000 to people running for mayor, county commissions, city councils, the Legislature and other offices during the past decade. After a recent grand jury […]
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