By Martha Bellisle, Reno Gazette-Journal The mentally ill man who opened fire at a Carson City IHOP restaurant, killing four and then himself, shot 60 rounds from a Norinco Mak 90 assault weapon that had been purchased by a private party in California more than five years ago, officials said today. The Mak 90, a […]
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By Kathryn Reed Unable to compromise, Tom Davis and Bruce Grego voted against the latest version of South Lake Tahoe’s sign ordinance. Still, it passed with a 3-2 vote. This was the first reading, with the second likely to be at the Oct. 18 meeting. Then it becomes the law 30 days later. One of […]
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By Kathryn Reed Instead of having a special budget meeting, the South Lake Tahoe City Council is set to vote on the 2011-12 financial document Oct. 18 at 2pm. This is the same day as the next regular council meeting that will start at 9am at Lake Tahoe Airport. The budget discussion is time certain. […]
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By Scott Rapp, Post-Standard Cayuga County has a chilling plan to kill the swelling population of Asian clams at the north end of Owasco Lake. The county is planning to freeze the critters to death by lowering the winter lake level by one more foot than usual to 709 feet above sea level in November. […]
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Placer County will have a town hall meeting in Kings Beach on Oct. 25 to kick off the process for updating its long-range plans for North Lake Tahoe. The meeting starts at 6pm at the North Tahoe Event Center, 8318 North Lake Blvd., Kings Beach. Placer County has nine community plans for the Tahoe basin. […]
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By Kathryn Reed Not everyone at Fallen Leaf Lake believes enough is being done to keep out aquatic invasive species. This South Shore lake has no invasive species and residents want to keep it that way. But with Lake Tahoe just a mile away, that could be difficult. The much larger lake is home to […]
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The first winter storm warning of the season has been issued – 12 days into fall. The National Weather Service in Reno is calling for the severe weather from 11 tonight through 1pm Thursday above 7,000 feet. The heaviest mountain snow is expected late tonight into Wednesday morning, with snow showers continuing into Wednesday evening. […]
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By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY – Gov. Brian Sandoval has appointed Claudia Vecchio as the first director of the new Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs. She will begin her job Nov. 14. The newly constituted department is comprised of the Nevada Commission on Tourism, Division of Museums and History, Nevada Arts […]
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The Placer County Sheriff’s Office will be able to hire eight deputies to help combat the cultivation and use of illegal drugs throughout the county with a $2.6 million federal grant. “This is great news for our county and its residents,” county Supervisor Jennifer Montgomery said in a press release. “Placer County’s grant will allow […]
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By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY – Scott Beaulier is no fan of states borrowing money, but in his new working paper on transitioning public pensions to 401(k) style plans to reduce taxpayer liabilities to pay retirement benefits, the Troy University professor says it is an option worth considering. In his paper “From […]
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