By J.D. Harrison, Washington Post Four months after the Senate approved a controversial bill requiring online merchants to start collecting sales tax, a pair of lawmakers have opened the debate in the House, but with one major change from the original legislation — no exemption for small businesses. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., […]
Read more
Forest Supervisor Tom Quinn has signed a new emergency closure order for portions of the Tahoe National Forest within and adjacent to the American Fire area. It is effective now until May 1. The order is less restrictive than the previous one and is in place for human safety and resource protection. The order opens […]
Read more
By Tony Bizjak, Sacramento Bee UC Davis was chosen this week in a national competition to lead an $11 million federal study of how to reduce the impact America’s transportation system has on climate change – and to come up with ways to keep people moving when catastrophic climate events occur. The U.S. Department of […]
Read more
By Tim Hearden, Capital Press SACRAMENTO — A judge’s recent preliminary ruling that California water rights fees are invalid has piqued the interest of a group suing the state over fees charged to rural landowners for fire prevention. Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Raymond Cadei agreed with petitioners that fees charged by the State Water […]
Read more
• Stella restaurant in Truckee is singled out in October issue of Ski magazine as a place to go eat. • Tiffany Hetherton Grimes will be joining the Zephyr Cove office of Coldwell Banker Select. • Truckee’s Big Truck Day and Open House is Oct. 12 from 11am-2pm at 10811 Stockrest Springs Road. • Todd […]
Read more
Al Maginnes and Peter Makuck are part of Sierra Nevada College’s Writers in the Woods series. They will give a reading at the Incline Village school (room 139/141) on Oct.4 at 7pm and a workshop Oct. 5 at 9am. Maginnes’ poems have appeared in “Poetry, The Georgia Review”, and “Shenandoah”. Makuck is a poet, short […]
Read more
With the cooler nights soon to be upon us, it’s time to make sure your chimney is in safe working order. We at the South Lake Tahoe Fire Department annually respond to numerous chimney fires, mainly due to creosote buildup in the chimney flue. This type of fire has the potential to extend into your […]
Read more
By Tia Ghose, LiveScience Experimental forests that have been groomed to slow wildfires could reduce the frequency of catastrophic fires in the future, researchers say. The decade-long project to slow and contain forest fires could become a blueprint for fire management across California. The project, which was developed in an experimental forest at UC Berkeley’s […]
Read more
By Barton Health Ready to change your health care coverage? If so, the time to do it is rapidly approaching. Open enrollment for the Health Insurance Marketplace, often called the health insurance exchange, starts Oct. 1. The marketplace is designed to help you find health coverage that fits your budget and meets your needs. Coverage […]
Read more
By Byron P. White Somewhere between our group’s discussion of three-year bachelor’s degrees and its deliberation over the value of general-education courses, the sensation swept over me: I’ve seen this before—or at least something close to it. Déjà vu. The people engaged in the conversation were different this time. They were members of Cleveland State […]
Read more