By Renee Schoof, McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON – Floods and water shortages in the next 30 years will make it hard for many countries to keep up with growing demand for fresh water, particularly in South Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, the U.S. intelligence community reported Thursday. Water problems in the next decade will […]
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By Kathryn Reed MEYERS – If it’s true getting a step in the door is the hardest part to realizing a dream, then that step may have literally been taken this month by the Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care board of directors based on where they conducted their meeting. They met in a house at the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Prom, football games, hanging with friends, a diploma. In part, that’s what high school is all about. But in Lake Tahoe, where some of the world’s best skiers and snowboarders call home, they don’t have those high school memories because they were on the slopes more than they were in the classroom. […]
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By Denny Walsh, Sacramento Bee The Moonlight Fire was the U.S. Forest Service’s worst nightmare. For two weeks in September 2007 it raged like a fire-breathing dragon across 65,000 acres in Plumas and Lassen counties, devouring everything in its path, including 46,000 acres of lush national forest. But there is an additional troubling dimension to […]
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By Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee Caught up in the CalPERS bribery case, a drug-benefits supplier will pay $2.75 million to settle an investigation into its dealings with the man at the heart of the scandal. Medco Health Solutions of Franklin Lakes, N.J., agreed to the settlement Friday with California Attorney General Kamala Harris. The company […]
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Two 15-year-old boys have been ordered to pay $10,000 in restitution fines for starting the Ray May Fire. The August fire burned 3,628 acres south of Gardnerville and caused more than $2.8 million in damage. Earlier the judge had sentenced the teens to probation and ordered them to do 500 hours of fire-related community service. […]
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By Brian Duggan, Reno Gazette-Journal Reno officials continued to push on Wednesday for a “regionalized” fire service plan that fell apart when it was presented to Washoe County Commissioners last month. That $45 million plan would have consolidated fire services in Reno, the Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District and the Sierra Fire Protection District under […]
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By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau A report questions the value of tax incentives and regulations approved by many states around the country, including Nevada, to create “green jobs,” noting that subsidies used for such programs can take away revenue for other needs such as public education. “States face a hard and fast budget constraint; […]
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By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal Black bears will not be hunted in the Lake Tahoe Basin and a swath of the Carson Range near Mount Rose during the coming summer, Nevada wildlife officials decided today. After two days of hearing from those opposed to and in favor of the hunt, the Nevada Wildlife Commission selected […]
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By Anne Knowles CARSON CITY – Capacity and kayakers top the list of issues to be addressed in the Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park general management plan update. The Nevada Division of State Parks had meetings this week with interested agencies and the public to get input on the blueprint for managing the park that […]
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