By Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee Thirteen months ago, El Dorado County supervisors voted to strip generous salary enhancements for seven elected officials amid cries that the county was vastly overpaying its public servants. On Tuesday, the board reversed itself and restored most of the pay cuts. Major salary reductions were due to go into effect […]
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By Kathryn Reed Free transit. Regional transit. Transit that goes where people want to go. These are concepts that many tourist destinations have embraced for years. Lake Tahoe, not so much. But that could change. Tahoe Transportation District in 2015 plans to make a concerted effort to take the necessary steps to bring free regional […]
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By Tim McDonnell, Mother Jones California is in the middle of a really bad three-year drought that stretches across nearly the entire state. The drought has already wreaked havoc with the state’s agricultural sector, is expected to take a $2.2 billion bite out of the state’s economy this year alone, and shows no sign of […]
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By Bethany Barnes and Francis McCabe, Las Vegas Review-Journal The Board of Regents last week created local advisory councils for the community colleges in the state, a move some education watchdogs fear is just window dressing to appease advocates who want local communities to have more say in the colleges. The unanimously supported establishment of […]
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By Kathryn Reed By next football season Viking fans will be watching games from a new seating area. At a January Lake Tahoe Unified School District meeting the board is expected to approve a contract for new bleachers at South Tahoe High School that will seat approximately 1,000 people. A press room and coaches box will […]
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By Ed Joyce, California Public Radio Along the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada, runoff pollution from abandoned mines in “Gold Country” could threaten California’s primary water supply. A pilot project at one mine site is intended to prevent contaminated runoff from reaching the Yuba River. The Sierra Nevada Conservancy said more than 60 percent […]
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By Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee Fewer uninsured Californians are seeking treatment in the state’s emergency rooms, a decline that experts say is a direct result of the federal Affordable Care Act. The trend represents welcome news for previously uninsured patients who had trouble affording a trip to the emergency room. But it has not brought down […]
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By Susan Wood INCLINE VILLAGE – If a tree grows submerged in a lake, will anyone notice? That’s the prevailing question posed during a lecture at Sierra Nevada College last week by Benjamin Hatchett, who studies climate models for the Nevada State Climate Office of UNR. The talk, which brought out almost 100 people who […]
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By Associated Press RENO — Nevada scientists working to expand early earthquake warning systems around Lake Tahoe are developing new plans to eventually ring the mountain lake’s basin with a network of cameras to help alert authorities to potentially disastrous wildfires. Researchers are seeking private funding to substantially expand the system after a pilot program […]
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By J.D. Morris, Las Vegas Sun Monitoring casino floors for potential money-laundering is a full-time job for the American gaming industry. Casinos, like banks and other institutions that deal with a lot of money, are required by law to vigilantly look out for financial transactions that may be illegal. And a first of its kind […]
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