Smoke from a fire near Bridgeport is filtering into the Lake Tahoe Basin and into Northern Nevada. The fire along Highway 395 started Sunday about noon. More than 1,200 acres have burned. Firefighters had to evacuate the Buckeye Campground Sunday night. Some roads in the area have bee closed. — Lake Tahoe News staff report
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By Kathryn Reed Heavenly Mountain Resort is in the process of having the soil composition for the California Base Lodge and parking lots be reclassified. This is because a soil report the resort had done a year ago came back with a different analysis compared to what was recorded in the mid-1970s. Besides the soil […]
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By James Dao and Mary Williams Walsh, New York Times As Washington looks to squeeze savings from once-sacrosanct entitlements like Social Security and Medicare, another big social welfare system is growing as rapidly, but with far less scrutiny: the health and pension benefits of military retirees. Military pensions and health care for active and retired […]
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By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal Nevada’s first black bear hunt can continue in future years under regulations unanimously adopted by wildlife officials Saturday. The Nevada Wildlife Commission, facing one of its most controversial issues in recent memory, voted to make regulations guiding the hunt permanent. The vote came after critics urged commissioners not to do […]
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Enrollment increases are exactly where Lake Tahoe Unified wants them – at the elementary level. While the official tally for the state is not taken until October, officials are reporting 88 more students than last school year. The bulk of that growth is in kindergarten and first grade. “That feeds the system,” is how Superintendent […]
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By Reno Gazette-Journal 4:42pm update: Street Vibrations events in Sparks tonight are canceled in the wake of Friday’s night’s shooting in John Ascuaga’s Nugget and a retaliatory shooting this morning nearby, Sparks Mayor Geno Martini said. “We’re canceling it in Sparks,” Martini said. “After the retaliation it’s just too tense of a situation. It’s hard […]
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By Laurel Rosenhall, Sacramento Bee A majority of California voters – especially those under age 40 – would like to see the state tax Internet poker and make the game legal, according to a Field Poll released today. Among all age groups, 53 percent of voters support the idea, the poll says, while 41 percent […]
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By Brian Gomez, Gazette COLORADO SPRINGS — Nearly 40 years ago, Denver gave away the Olympic rings. Now, it wants them back. The U.S. Olympic Committee has had preliminary talks with Denver about the chance of a bid for the 2022 Winter Games, USOC chief executive officer Scott Blackmun said Friday after his keynote address […]
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By Nevada News Bureau Staff CARSON CITY – Nevada has been approved for a U.S. Department of Energy competitive grant to assist in energy retrofits across the state. The grant will help commercial buildings develop energy efficient retrofit projects, making it easier for businesses, contractors and energy suppliers to undertake these efforts. The $765,000 grant […]
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By Anne Knowles STATELINE — The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency has someone new shepherding its long overdue Regional Plan update. Harmon Zuckerman, the former Douglas County principal planner hired by the agency two years ago to oversee the RPU, resigned on Monday, a few days shy of the end of his contract. Arlo Stockham, a […]
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