By Anne Knowles The Nevada Fire Safe Council is undergoing an audit after Lake Tahoe Basin fire protection districts complained they had not been reimbursed by the organization for hazardous fuels reduction work done as far back as two years ago. The NFSC, a nonprofit that procures grants and provides funding for fuels reduction projects […]
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Gene Palazzo, former Redevelopment Agency director for South Lake Tahoe, has been hired to be city manager of Crescent City. He starts Aug. 8. Palazzo’s was one of 11 positions eliminated in February. He was making about $130,000 in South Tahoe and will be making $98,000 a year on the coast. He will be reviewed […]
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Updated July 20 1:05pm. By Kathryn Reed Two people died in a three-car accident Tuesday on Highway 28 four miles south of Sand Harbor. The highway reopened about 8:30pm after being closed for five hours. Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper Mike Edgell said Miguel Perez, 24, of Gardnerville was heading south when his green Ford F350 […]
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By Barbara Venezia, Orange County Register The Regulate Marijuana like Wine Act of 2012 is gaining momentum, and its key advocate isn’t your stereotypical hippy-dippy pot smoking liberal. It’s a Republican, former federal prosecutor and retired Superior Court judge named James Gray. Those in the Newport/Costa Mesa area are probably most familiar with Jim through […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe is between a pothole and a debt payment when it comes to dealing with the roads that crumble a bit more each day. At the Aug. 2 City Council meeting, the five are likely to be asked if they are willing use a certificate of participation to pay for […]
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By Kathryn Reed A mother and son are in El Dorado County jail on heroin charges, which, if found guilty of, could lead to their deportation because neither one has been living in South Lake Tahoe legally. South Shore narcotics officers had been working undercover, which led them to arrest Jose Ruben Gomez Gonzalez, 25, […]
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By Patti Neighmond, NPR California health officials say smoking rates in the state are down to 11.9 percent, a new low. And the latest figures make it only the second state so far to achieve a federal target of reducing adult smoking rates to 12 percent by 2020 so far. Utah got there first, in […]
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By Ben Miller, Reno Gazette-Journal As summer pushes on in Reno-Tahoe, events such as Artown, the Reno River Festival and the Reno-Tahoe Open blossom with visitors, entertainment acts and food and beverage vendors. And with all of our region’s events come waste. Participants and spectators buy bottled water, drink beer out of plastic cups and […]
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By Bill O’Driscoll, Reno Gazette-Journal A recent memo to salaried managers at the Grand Sierra Resort underscores a fact of life during recession: Businesses are boosting productivity out of existing staff instead of hiring more workers. The memo, a copy of which was faxed anonymously to the Reno Gazette-Journal on July 6, directs all salaried […]
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The Nevada Department of Transportation will host a public meeting July 21 to gather comments on a study of a potential future fuel tax replacement. The Vehicle Miles Traveled Fee Study examines alternatives to allow Nevada to continue to fund public roads amid a transportation funding deficit and changing energy resource issues: · By 2016, […]
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