Updated 10:30am By Kathryn Reed With South Tahoe High School losing its appeal regarding probationary accreditation, it likely means the school will have a new principal in the fall. Last spring the Western Association of Schools and Colleges put the school on a two-year probationary status. Evaluators cited several deficiencies, including not implementing enough sections […]
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By Mark Gomez, Bay Area News Group The first five months of California’s water year are the wettest in 122 years of record keeping, according to federal scientists. Between October 2016 and February 2017, California averaged 27.81 inches of precipitation, the highest average since 1895, according to data released Wednesday by the National Centers for Environmental […]
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By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review Journal CARSON CITY — Supporters of the Equal Rights Amendment on Tuesday disputed arguments that the time for the ratification of the amendment to the U.S. Constitutional is past, saying equality for women is long overdue. Sen. Pat Spearman, D-North Las Vegas, who sponsored Senate Joint Resolution 2, told […]
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By Kathryn Reed The 13 strategic initiatives that came out of the South Lake Tahoe City Council’s strategic planning session last month were whittled down March 7, with roads being the No. 1 priority. It was agreed a survey will be taken soon, with the goal of having results presented to the council by May. […]
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By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review Journal CARSON CITY — The decadeslong battle over federal ownership of nearly 110,000 square miles of Nevada is about to be re-engaged at the Nevada Legislature. With about 85 percent of those acres under control of a variety of federal agencies — primarily the U.S. Bureau of Land Management […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal When Attorney General Jeff Sessions explained how and why the Justice Department would address pot smoking, for both medical and recreational purposes, it sent a wave of trepidation through Nevada, where voters in November approved legalizing marijuana consumption. One place where it was business as usual after the […]
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By Bre McGee At the far end of Christmas Valley, there are at least two members of Reds and Julie Regan’s household enjoying the detriments of flooding that recently effected many homes around Lake Tahoe. Having had to rip up flooded carpet and move furniture from the Regans’ dining and living rooms has left a […]
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By Anita Chabria, Sacramento Bee More than 1,700 people turned out Saturday morning at an El Dorado Hills high school to once again let Republican Rep. Tom McClintock know how they feel about GOP policies and his support of President Trump. Like three other town halls McClintock has hosted in the past month, the majority […]
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By Kurt Snibbe, San Jose Mercury News The governor’s office said damage to roads in the first two months of 2017 will cost $595 million to repair. That is a small portion of the more than $137 billion the state needs to repair its crumbling transportation infrastructure. California is trying to climb out of a […]
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By Kathryn Reed Even though Nadia Guerriero is well versed in event planning, a mega-winter pushing 600 inches of snow to date is one event she didn’t plan for. “For so many years the conversation was how to keep our trails open, how to make sure we had enough snow. Now it is where do […]
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