By Kathryn Reed Balancing the needs of the environment, the economy and the residents was the overriding message delivered by seven people who spoke at the Lake Tahoe Community College board meeting Tuesday night about SnowGlobe. The three-day music festival during New Year’s Eve weekend continues to be cursed by those who endured the loud […]
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By Sheena McFarland and Michael C. Lewis, Salt Lake Tribune A pioneer in women’s freestyle skiing has been seriously injured in Park City. Sarah Burke, a Canadian freestyle skier who’s a four-time gold medalist in ski superpipe at the Winter X Games, sustained “serious” injuries while training in the Eagle Superpipe at Park City Mountain […]
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Year-end home sales at Lake Tahoe are holding steady compared to 2010 with some indicators on the rise, according to a quarterly report released by Lake Tahoe-based real estate firm Chase International, which notes a 1 percent increase in units sold around the lake. The National Association of Realtors recently reported that existing home sales […]
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By Carlos Alcalá, Sacramento Bee Placerville’s former Mayor David Machado is scheduled to go on trial June 5 on charges relating to his property dealings in the city. The date was set Friday by El Dorado Superior Court Judge James Wagoner after the defense suggested a date after May and the prosecutor requested something on […]
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Placer County Public Works Department has been awarded a $30,000 grant to improve its high-tech tools for analyzing traffic safety on county roads. The grant from the state Office of Traffic Safety will allow Public Works to develop computer software that will identify segments of rural roads with high concentrations of traffic collisions more precisely […]
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By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY — Nevada is one of several states that will not make a Jan. 30 federal deadline to implement a newly mandated safety rule to ensure truck drivers have proof they are medically safe to drive, potentially putting federal highway dollars at risk. The new rule from the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Seniors and some mental health patients are likely going to share the same building this spring in South Lake Tahoe. This co-mingling of usually different populations has some people concerned. Erik Olsen, one of the seniors who spoke against the proposal on Thursday, told Lake Tahoe News seniors should have their own […]
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By Eleanor Yang Yu, California Watch Fewer than 1 out of 4 schools in California is staffed with a credentialed librarian, according to the state Department of Education. Recent figures compiled by the department show there are about 900 school librarians in the state – that’s down from more than 1,100 two years ago. From […]
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By Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee Thousands of the north state’s rural poor, including residents of the greater Sacramento area, will be able to access medical care in 2012 after more than 30 counties received federal approval and funding to expand their indigent health coverage. The County Medical Services Program, or CMSP, a group of 34 […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Sun The Nevada Attorney General’s office has begun studying the U.S. Department of Justice’s surprising new interpretation of online gambling to determine what effects it might have on the state. What’s certain is that the race to offer online poker play has begun among several states and that Nevada […]
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