By Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle A fifth year of disappointing snow in the Sierra is part of a much larger predicament of record-low snow across the Northern Hemisphere, a setback that scientists identified Wednesday as another reminder of the alarming pace of human-caused global warming. A panel of climate experts organized by SEARCH, or […]
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By Susan Wood STATELINE – It was as if Tahoe found a friend this summer with long-time Grammy award-winning singer, guitarist, songwriter James Taylor, who showered the crowd at the Harveys outdoor concert Wednesday night with his love of music. Aside from a triple encore capped off by one overzealous fan barely crawling on stage […]
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By Mark Robison, Reno Gazette-Journal “The big news is that drought has waned over the last three months.” That’s the opening sentence of the quarterly report put out July 13 by the Nevada State Climate Office. Above normal winter and spring precipitation was given as the main reason. Read the whole story
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By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — Nevada officials on Tuesday approved a $120,000 settlement with the Environmental Protection Agency over violations relating to polluted stormwater runoff from state Transportation Department-run facilities. The consent decree, approved by the Board of Examiners, which includes Gov. Brian Sandoval, acknowledges past stormwater management violations and formalizes […]
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By Kathryn Reed Contractors who remodeled the hotel rooms at Hard Rock Lake Tahoe are owed $1.7 million, but have been told they’ll be lucky to see 50 cents on the dollar. Now that Paragon Gaming out of Las Vegas is in control of the Stateline property, a game of wait-and-see has changed to hardball. […]
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By Michael Doyle, McClatchy News Service California Republicans are spreading out their bets in their annual effort to steer more water to the state’s farmers. In the absence of negotiations, such tactics matter most right now. Framed by a hearing Tuesday, the GOP-controlled House of Representatives will vote this week on whether to retain farmer-friendly […]
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Alternatives for where to place advertising dollars seem to grow every day. The one constant is that those choices are digital. Lake Tahoe News is also a constant, having been the only daily news source for the Lake Tahoe Basin since September 2009. Our readership numbers continue to grow inside and outside the basin. With […]
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By Kathryn Reed By March 2019 it’s possible the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department will be operating at one facility instead of the current 13 on the West Slope. A multi-million dollar public safety facility has been talked about for years as the current buildings kept losing their usefulness and the cost of out-sourcing some […]
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By Dan Walters, Sacramento Bee A strong surge in real estate transactions, new commercial and residential construction and rising housing prices should generate a $3-plus billion increase in property tax revenues for schools and local governments during the current fiscal year. Local property tax assessors closed their books on June 30 and are reporting valuation […]
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By Ellen Knickmeyer and Juliet Williams, AP SACRAMENTO – Gov. Jerry Brown has launched a campaign to extend some of the most ambitious climate-change programs in the country and ensure his environmental legacy when he leaves office in two years. The centerpiece of the push is a cap-and-trade program that aims to reduce the use […]
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