By John Potter, Channel 2 News Recently, the Nevada Strategic Highway Safety Plan was developed, with the goal of zero traffic deaths on Nevada roads. But the numbers are going the opposite direction, just ahead of a dangerous season for drivers. Spend a few minutes on Nevada roads and highways, and you’ll quickly discover that […]
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By Kathryn Reed Small town politics reared its head at Tuesday’s South Lake Tahoe City Council meetings as verbal sparks flew regarding the city’s sign ordinance. The underlying issues were posturing for political gain and protecting business clients. The overt issue was whether the council would hear appeals of decisions made by the Planning Commission […]
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By Kathryn Reed Even though hotel taxes are down considerably because people stayed away from the barren ski slopes, South Lake Tahoe’s midyear budget report was positive. “We are living within our means,” City Manager Tony O’Rourke told the council April 17. “We no longer have financial icebergs looming.” A year ago the council created […]
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The Placer County Board of Supervisors last week approved spending $3 million by the North Lake Tahoe Resort Association for four capital and transportation projects. NLTRA is contracted with the county for transportation and infrastructure development, and tourism and visitor information service. The four projects are: North Lake Tahoe Historical Society Black Bear Exhibit ($10,000). […]
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How often do you see drivers texting or talking with hand-held cell phones and wish they would be stopped and cited? California’s second annual Distracted Driving Awareness Month this April will once again find law enforcement in the South Lake Tahoe joining in statewide zero tolerance enforcement efforts for illegal cell phone use and texting […]
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The public comment period on the Blackwood Canyon project along the West Shore has been extended to May 10. The Lahontan Water Quality Control Board is considering a mitigated negative declaration to comply with CEQA requirements. Work on this Placer County project has been going on for a number of years. The last phase by […]
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By Cy Ryan, Las Vegas Sun CARSON CITY — The Nevada Supreme Court has denied the appeal of Brent Eli Morris, convicted of illegally entering Las Vegas casinos while a member of the Black Book and cheating at craps. Morris says he was never notified he was included on the list that bars individuals from […]
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By Doyle Rice, USA Today The U.S. hasn’t been this dry in five years. Still reeling from devastating drought that led to at least $10 billion in agricultural losses across Texas and the South in 2011, the nation is enduring more unusually parched weather. A mostly dry, mild winter has put nearly 61% of the […]
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By Kathryn Reed SOMERSET – Take a bottle of Zinfandel from any two years and they won’t taste the same. In large part that is because the weather wasn’t the same those two years. While winemakers can work some magic with fermentation and blending, Mother Nature plays a huge role in what comes out of […]
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By Sarah Varney, NPR This is a story about what can happen when no one is looking. For the patients at Universal Pain Management, a medical clinic in northern Los Angeles County, Dr. Francis Riegler is always looking. Riegler huddles with the clinic’s nurse practitioner over a computer printout. The one-page report from the state’s […]
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