By Karoun Demirjian, Las Vegas Sun In the early 1860s, in the newly named territory of Nevada, settlers had a problem. Gold and silver had just been discovered in the mountains, but there was no easy way to transport it out, or to get workers from the California-based mining industry in. The solution would come […]
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By Yun Long, Reno Gazette-Journal Of the 105 Incline Village lots that border Lake Tahoe, 40, or nearly 40 percent of available property, are controlled by just 15 owners. Billionaires and millionaires have flocked to Lake Tahoe to build estates for decades. But the recession has presented additional opportunities for those who long to build […]
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By Kathryn Reed A long dormant piece of land between Fantasy Inn and IHOP in South Lake Tahoe may have a chance of being developed even though the California Tahoe Conservancy now owns it. This is one of three parcels the CTC board agreed to purchase for a total of $437,500. The other lots are […]
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By Kathryn Reed Saturday marks one full month since South Lake Tahoe turned the ice rink keys over to private operators. The most noticeable difference walking in is the retail shop on the right is not there. Instead, those goods are being moved to the left of the front doors, with office space being taken […]
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By Reno Gazette-Journal The 15-acre Goni Fire burning on BLM land in the hills north of Carson City is burning in moderate brush and should be controlled soon, a Carson City Fire Department official said. Carson City and BLM crews have six brush engines on the fire, said Carson City Fire Battalion Chief Eric Bero. […]
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By Reno Gazette-Journal A pilot appears to have serious injuries after a crash this morning at Truckee Tahoee Airport, according to Kevin Bumen, director of aviation at the airport. It was only the pilot on board the aircraft. The Piper Aztec burst into flames as he was getting out of the aircraft. Bumen said it’s […]
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By David Siders, Sacramento Bee Wall Street, which has long frowned on California and its budget grief, cracked a smile Tuesday. In its first sale of general obligation bonds since the passage of a rare, on-time state spending plan, California will pay tens of millions of dollars less in interest than it did last fall. […]
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By Kathryn Reed Dogs are allowed in the Upper Truckee Marsh area – for now. Unless the California Tahoe Conservancy board suspends the summer seasonal ban, it will remain in effect indefinitely. For now, that appears to be what will happen. Blame it on locals. “Eighty-five percent of citations and warnings issued by law enforcement […]
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By Kathryn Reed Students in Bijou Community School’s Two-Way Immersion Program scored substantially better on standardized tests than their peers. And they were taking it in Spanish. In grades 2 and 3 the immersion program has 90 percent of the curriculum delivered in Spanish. Half of the 20 students in each class speak Spanish as […]
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Even though South Lake Tahoe has not approved a budget for 2011-12, which means jobs have not definitively been axed, officials are going forward with finding replacements for people. On CareerBuilder.com the listing posted Sept. 19 is for temporary snow removal operators who would make between $15.15 and $21.07 an hour Temporary snowplow operators are […]
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