By Kathryn Reed Tests on the water of the Tahoe Keys canals continue to show blue-green algae, also known as cyanobacteria. The toxic algae have been in the lagoons of this South Lake Tahoe neighborhood since at least Aug. 11. “Based on the levels being detected in last week’s samples, coupled with the site-indicators present […]
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By Kathryn Reed While the 2017-18 budget is on Tuesday’s South Lake Tahoe council docket, an item tucked on the consent agenda may be the bigger news. Employees not represented by a union are voluntarily rejiggering how they get paid in an effort to save the city money and provide themselves with a cushion if […]
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By Julie Carr Smyth and James Anderson, AP Nevada’s Brian Sandoval is part of a bipartisan group of governors urging Congress to retain the federal health care law’s individual mandate while seeking to stabilize individual insurance markets as legislators continue work on a long-term replacement law. The recommendation spearheaded by Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a […]
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By Hugo Martin, Los Angeles Times The Trump administration is considering overhauling a program that allows foreign college students to work temporarily in the United States, sparking panic among operators of ski resorts and concessions at state and national parks who rely heavily on such seasonal help. In a conference call Wednesday, ski resort […]
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By Kathryn Reed Calstar’s helicopter at Lake Tahoe Airport has been grounded for more than two weeks and there is no date on the horizon when it will be flying again. “We are unable to efficiently and effectively communicate in that region because of the radios. We won’t fly without good communications,” Anna Blair, vice […]
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By Angela Hart, Sacramento Bee As torrential rains and dangerous flood waters pummel large swaths of Texas and parts of Louisiana, California lawmakers are eying legislation to prevent similar damage from from the state’s own disasters. Senate Bill 5 from state Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de León would ask voters this upcoming June to […]
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By Gary Martin, Las Vegas Review-Journal WASHINGTON — Democrats are charging the Trump administration of using a politically driven process to undermine protections to public lands as environmental groups gird for a legal battle to stop the shrinking of national monuments under review — including two in Nevada. Gold Butte National Monument and Basin […]
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By Kathryn Reed No one ever said they wanted to grow up to be a homeless person. And, yet, today a growing number of people are finding themselves without a traditional roof over their heads. Twenty-six percent of the people who stayed in South Lake Tahoe’s warm room last winter were employed. Eighty-seven percent of […]
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By Kathryn Reed A Lake Valley fire captain is lucky to be alive after falling out of a moving truck going at least 25 mph. The firefighter was released from the hospital Aug. 30, but it is not known when he will be back to work. The incident happened Aug. 27 on Highway 50 in […]
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By Mike Moffitt, San Francisco Chronicle Jefferson Davis never set foot in California or Nevada, but two peaks — one in each state — bear the name of the president of the Confederacy. One, the third-highest mountain in Nevada at 12,771 feet high, towers over Great Basin National Park. The other, 444 miles to the […]
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