By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — Nevada Highway Patrol troopers soon will have another set of eyes on their interactions with the public. Nevada’s 465 uniformed patrol officers who deal directly with the public are on track to begin wearing body cameras by a January deadline, joining Las Vegas police in the […]
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Publisher’s note: The following endorsement is from Lake Tahoe News after a team of seven community members gathered to discuss Measure T. It was in 1911 that California became the 10th state to offer the initiative process to voters. Now 24 states allow initiatives on the ballot. At the state level it has evolved into a […]
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By Kara Fox, Moonshine Ink By 2025, all water systems in California must be metered. This requirement proved too much for Mid-Sierra Utilities, which owns and operates Tahoe Cedars and Madden Creek water companies in Homewood and Tahoma. “I didn’t want to put in the meters, so I sold it,” said Robbie Marr, president of Mid-Sierra […]
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By Colton Lochhead, Las Vegas Review-Journal Nevadans are split when it comes to legalizing recreational marijuana use, according to a poll of 800 likely voters commissioned by the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Forty-seven percent said they would vote “yes” on Question 2 on the Nov. 8 ballot, 46 percent opposed the measure, and 7 percent remained […]
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Publisher’s note: The following endorsement is from Lake Tahoe News after a team of seven community members gathered to discuss who should be on the Lake Tahoe Unified School District board. This will be the first election in which Lake Tahoe Unified School District residents vote for board members based on areas – aka, where they […]
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By Seth A. Richardson, Las Vegas Sun A federal judge on Friday found partially in favor of two Native American tribes in their lawsuit against the Secretary of State’s Office and two Nevada counties in a voter disenfranchisement case. Federal Judge Miranda Du released her ruling late Oct. 7 which found in favor of the Pyramid […]
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By Daniel Rothbergn, Las Vegas Sun A lawsuit asks a Carson City court to invalidate the Energy Choice Initiative, a November ballot measure seeking to end NV Energy’s monopoly and create a competitive electricity market. Opponents are not challenging the initiative’s placement on the ballot this year but are using the case as a preemptive […]
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Publisher’s note: The following endorsement is from Lake Tahoe News after a team of seven community members gathered to discuss the merits of Measure P. Recreation is what the South Shore is all about. And while the natural environment provides ample opportunity to play outdoors, that isn’t sufficient. For many athletic endeavors there needs to be […]
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By Vytas Mazeika, Bay Area News Group Stanford men’s basketball practice began Sunday. But whatever drills first-year coach Jerod Haase put his players through at Maples Pavilion, it’s unlikely to compare with the two-day Navy SEAL camp from a couple of weeks ago in South Lake Tahoe. For example, the Cardinal hit the pool on […]
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By Priya Hutner, Tahoe Weekly Adrian Ballinger and Emily Harrington returned home two weeks from the day they left Tahoe after attaining their goal to summit Cho Oyu, the mountain known as the Turquoise Goddess, in record time. Speaking from his home in Squaw Valley, Ballinger had been home less than 48 hours, where he’d […]
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