By Kathryn Reed KINGS BEACH – More time was spent discussing who should be on the Regional Plan Update Committee than where the plan is. Considering the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency’s document dictates what the five counties and one city, along with other landowners can do in the Lake Tahoe Basin and the fact the […]
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By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY – A panel of lawmakers agreed today to review its new policy on responding to public records requests after concerns were raised by the ACLU of Nevada. Rebecca Gasca, legislative and policy director for the organization, told the Legislative Commission on Oct. 26 that the new policy […]
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By Martha Bellisle, Reno Gazette-Journal Law enforcement leaders, a shooting victim and some lawmakers are calling for a review of Nevada’s gun laws after a mentally ill man shot 11 people with an assault weapon at a Carson City restaurant last month, leaving five dead. Some states have responded to mass killings by banning assault […]
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By Felicity Barringer, New York Times BRAWLEY — Three generations of Al Kalin’s family have worked their 2,000 acres of carrots and sugar beets, wheat and alfalfa for almost a century in the Imperial Valley, a scorching swath of Southern California desert that was unfit for farming until water from the Colorado River was diverted […]
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By Kathryn Reed It’s going to get tougher to be passed from one grade to the next in Lake Tahoe Unified School District without knowing the material. The board on Tuesday night agreed to direct staff to begin the legwork to revise the promotion-acceleration-retention policy. Today’s policy allows parents to have the final say if […]
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By Kathryn Reed Who owns the name BlueGo? The trustee appointed to oversee the lawsuit involving MV Transportation and the bankrupt STATA is asking that and many other questions. Based on David J. Thompson’s 15-page report submitted this month to the bankruptcy court in Reno, the tide is turning in MV’s favor. South Tahoe Area […]
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By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee Former Placerville Mayor David Machado’s legal woes increased Monday. A grand jury indictment unsealed in El Dorado County Superior Court adds a new felony conspiracy charge and two misdemeanor charges to allegations filed against Machado in a criminal complaint in August. He now faces a total of three felony counts […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Connectivity. That is the word being used on the Nevada side of the Lake Tahoe Basin when it comes to total maximum daily load. “The big water year really helped educate us about what is connected,” Mahmood Azad, Douglas County TMDL representative, told county commissioners. “If it is not directly […]
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By Katherine E. Hill TAHOE CITY – Chief Duane Whitelaw’s eyes light up as he talks about the new, modern fire station being built on a hill above Tahoe City. The 22,000-square-foot facility spread over three levels is in stark contrast to the antiquated fire station that was built in 1961 for an all-volunteer fire […]
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By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee El Dorado County Animal Services officials are searching for dogs that bit people in two separate incidents, one in South Lake Tahoe and the other in Grizzly Flat. On Oct. 16, a 17-year-old boy was bitten about 6:30 p.m. on the South Tahoe Middle School soccer field on Al Tahoe […]
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