By Jaclyn O’Malley, Reno Gazeztte-Journal Washoe County sheriff’s deputies said they cited a Reno Gazette-Journal photographer because he entered an active fire scene in Sun Valley without authorization and repeatedly resisted deputies’ commands as they tried to confirm his media affiliation, according to statements made by officers in incident reports that were released Tuesday to […]
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By Kathryn Reed Little was accomplished Tuesday when the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors schlepped to Tahoe for the once-a-year meeting in the basin. An update five years after the Angora Fire was given to the board as well as a presentation on the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency’s Regional Plan update. A discussion about […]
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By Anne Knowles Nevada’s future in the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency is still up in the air despite the recent defeat of the man who sponsored the bill that was approved last year that threatens to remove the state from the Compact. Sen. John Lee, D-North Las Vegas, the main proponent of Senate Bill 271 […]
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By Kathryn Reed The abrupt resignation Tuesday of Judy Cefalu from the Lake Tahoe Unified School District board upstaged everything else on the agenda. Not even board President Wendy David was given a heads-up about the letter written by Cefalu. That letter was addressed to Superintendent Jim Tarwater. Reached at home by Lake Tahoe News […]
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By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY – State lawmakers have put a new tourism contract to promote Nevada on hold despite the concerns of one lawmaker that the move exceeds legislative authority. Concerns have been raised by Sen. Steven Horsford, D-Las Vegas, about the intent to award the two-year, $3.2 million contract to […]
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By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY – Nevada is one of four states to receive an F grade for student access and success in its higher education system from the Institute for a Competitive Workforce (ICW), an affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, in a report released this month. The third edition […]
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By Kathryn Reed Five years later and people are still wondering how they will evacuate safely from the Lake Tahoe Basin in an emergency, if a reverse 911 system has been installed, and how to get their neighbors to get rid of that shake roof. While a panel of agency officials sat on the stage […]
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By Bettina Boxall, Los Angeles Times The expression “location, location, location” doesn’t apply just to buying real estate; it can also determine whether a house burns down in a wildfire. Researchers who studied data on more than 5,500 buildings damaged or destroyed in Southern California fires during the last decade found the most vulnerable structures […]
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By KCRA-TV Fire crews are battling a fire just east of Truckee, between Truckee and Glenshire. The fire was reported as an acre in size, with the potential to grow, due to gusting winds. Multiple agencies are helping fight this fire and are making good progress, according to fire authorities. CalFire said the blaze is […]
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By Cathy Kelly, Santa Cruz Sentinel The president of Granite Rock Co., Bruce W. Woolpert, died Sunday afternoon while boating in Lake Tahoe, company officials said. Woolpert, 61, was operating a power boat he owns when he fell and died from injuries suffered in the fall, said Keith Severson, the company’s marketing services manager. The […]
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