By Michael B. Marois, Bloomberg California voters are being asked to lighten criminal penalties for low-level drug possession and nonviolent thefts such as shoplifting, to help ease crowding in the state’s prisons. Support for the ballot initiative is uniting billionaires on opposite ends of the political spectrum, from financier George Soros and Netflix Inc. Chief […]
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By Kathryn Reed Relationships and collaboration are what have allowed Nancy Gibson to accomplish things her predecessors have not always been able to do. While she has not done everything she has wanted, the forest supervisor of the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit knows the job could never completely be done. Such are the hazards […]
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By Kathryn Reed Water issues brought out the masses to Thursday’s Douglas County Commission meeting in Stateline. People are not happy with the prospect of rates going up as much as 50 percent and the county’s going back on its June decision to consolidate water companies. So many residents were at the Oct. 16 meeting […]
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By Wayne Parry, AP ATLANTIC CITY — Sure you love matching little candy pieces with each other, or spelling out words with your pals. But New Jersey gambling regulators want to let you do it for real money. The state Division of Gaming Enforcement says it is seeking game developers’ proposals to conduct real-money gambling […]
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Jim Nichols is finishing his third week as manager of Douglas County. He replaces Steve Mokrohisky who left in April for a job in Oregon. Nichols was one of 72 applicants for the job. Most recently he was assistant city manager for Midland, Texas. He will be making $172,000 a year. Lake Tahoe News caught […]
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By Vicki McKenna Barton Health is committed to the safety of our patients, visitors, staff, and physicians. After receiving several confirmed cases of the Ebola virus disease in the United States, Barton Health is prepared to care for and respond to suspected Ebola cases. Though the Ebola virus has not reached California or Nevada and […]
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By Weather Channel The Weather Channel has issued its winter forecast for 2014-2015, and it looks a bit different from last winter. Compared to 2013-14, which was one of the coldest winters in recent memory in the Upper Midwest, this winter the chill looks to be more focused on the East Coast and Gulf Coast, […]
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Publisher’s note: This is a version of the Douglas County sheriff’s endorsement that ran before the June primary. On Nov. 4 Douglas County voters will have the opportunity to vote to retain the current sheriff or replace him with someone from the outside. Dave Brady contends morale is not great within the department and a […]
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By Derek Taylor, GrindTV Glen Plake, the famous South Lake Tahoe mohawked skier and sage of all things snow, once said that most skiing takes places at the end of a dirt road. He may have had Nevada’s Elko Snobowl in mind. The sign for this taxpayer-supported ski area is a rock on the ground […]
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By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe is expected to drop below its natural rim this afternoon, which would be the first time in five years. The rim is 6,223 feet. There was still water coming out of the dam in Tahoe City on Wednesday morning. “The forecast is for it to drop below and stay there […]
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