By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY – The U.S. Department of Labor has rejected Nevada’s request for a waiver to consolidate its three workforce investment boards into one, due largely to opposition to the plan by the Southern Nevada panel. Frank Woodbeck, director of the state Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation had […]
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By Kathryn Reed Parking along the road that leads to the Beacon restaurant has brought the U.S. Forest Service’s renovation plans for the area to a halt. The federal agency has to go back to the drawing board on this particular aspect of the larger plan because people who live along Jameson Beach appealed the […]
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By Karen E. Klein, Bloomberg Kristen Farrar would like to sell the cakes, scones and muffins she bakes, using figs, walnuts and citrus from farms near her home in Fresno. But the homeschooling mom of two can’t afford to rent commercial kitchen space or pay the $50,000 she estimates it would take to turn a […]
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Peter Darvas is expected to be released from Barton Memorial Hospital today. The South Lake Tahoe artist has no home to return to. His house on April Drive and Pioneer Trail is a total loss after flames ripped through it Tuesday evening. The cause of the Sept . 18 fire remains under investigation and may […]
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The California Tahoe Conservancy needs clean pine needles to help complete a restoration project along the Bijou Meadow. To contribute to the restoration efforts, the Conservancy will accept bags of clean pine needles for a four-day period at the former drive-in movie theater site, located at 1340 Glenwood Way in South Lake Tahoe. Drop-offs are […]
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The eighth-grade girls basketball team at Whittell High School has been doing a lot more than shooting baskets. They kicked off their season this month by rounding up some money to get pink backpacks to support Kathy Bluethman (aka Ms. B), the school’s dean and athletic director who is battling breast cancer. Drue Chapman came […]
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To the community, When a lawyer states, “I have appeared before the California and U.S. Supreme Courts,” people reasonably interpret this statement as meaning that the attorney has argued cases in person before the justices of the Supreme Courts. Most people do not think that submitting a document for filing “technically” constitutes an appearance before […]
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By Kathryn Reed While no decisions have been made as to what the trail system at Fallen Leaf Lake will look like in the future, four additional alternatives have been added to the mix to reflect what the public desires. Nearly 40 people attended a workshop Wednesday night at the U.S. Forest Service office in […]
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By Ed Fletcher, Sacramento Bee The neighborhood association behind a proposal to remove more than 20 trees near Donner Lake pulled the plan before it faced a vote Tuesday. No date for a Truckee Planning Commission review of the plan has been rescheduled, according to Truckee officials. Some residents of the neighborhood and some environmental […]
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Thursday will be the last day of operations for the Northstar and Homewood boat inspection stations. Boat inspections and decontaminations will still be available at the Alpine, Spooner and Meyers stations until Sept. 30. On Oct, 1, Tahoe boat inspections will move to select launch ramps and winter hours will begin. Tahoe RCD inspectors will […]
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