Five people were arrested on driving under the influence charges during the July 4 checkpoint in Incline Village, with South Tahoe officers making a DUI arrest as well that night. On Monday from 1:15-8pm several law enforcement agencies, including the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office, Sparks Police Department, Washoe County School Police Department and the Nevada […]
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Brian Williams, who has been an officer with the South Lake Tahoe Police Department since 1986, will be promoted to lieutenant July 9. Williams, 46, spent nearly a decade in detectives. He earned certification through California’s Robert Presley Institute of Criminal Investigations in the specialties of homicide and sexual assault investigations. He has been a […]
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By Erin Kelly, Reno Gazette-Journal WASHINGTON — The solar power industry is facing a double threat from a Congress that might turn off the flow of federal subsidies and take a pass on mandating renewable energy standards that would increase demand. The Republican-led House, focused on cutting spending, has targeted federal grant and loan guarantee […]
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By Valerie Taliman, Indian Country During his six-year term on the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, Chairman Arlan Melendez of the Reno Sparks Indian Colony saw more than his share of racism, discrimination and hate crimes against Native Americans. But even he was surprised by the vicious attacks by skinheads against one of his tribe’s families, […]
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By Valerie Taliman, Indian Country Johnny and Lisa Bonta, a Native family from the Reno Sparks Indian Colony, became the latest victims of a hate crime on May 24 when they were attacked at a gas station along I-80 in Fernley, a border town between the Fallon and Pyramid Lake Indian reservations. “I was pumping […]
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By Sharon Gaudin, Computerworld It looks like self-driving cars may be on the road sooner than most people had thought — at least in Nevada. The state passed Bill 511 last month, authorizing executives at the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles to begin coming up with a set of rules of the road for autonomous, […]
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Updated July 3 at 7:45am: Power was restored at 11:45pm. Liberty Energy reported a power outage Saturday night affecting the South Tahoe Public Utility District wastewater treatment plant and Lake Tahoe Community College. The outage was caused by an overhead conductor failure, according to Liberty Energy officials. This is the third Liberty Energy outage this […]
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Investigators are trying to figure out if the death of a Placerville woman at the Horizon casino in Stateline was intentional or accidental. The body of Loretta Sangara, 68, was found July 1 at 10am. Douglas County sheriff’s officials say she fell from a 14th floor balcony. Deputies are not releasing further details. The investigation […]
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By Tony Barboza, Los Angeles Times Southern California researchers found plastic in nearly 1 in 10 small fish collected in the Pacific Ocean in the latest study to call attention to floating marine debris entering the food chain. The study published this week by scientists at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego […]
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By Kathryn Reed In less than a year, commercial air service is planned for Lake Tahoe Airport. Mike Zeid, who runs Tahoe Air Express, resumed business operations at the South Lake Tahoe airport Friday with the first charter flight arriving about 9am. He is in the process of filling out the paperwork for the FAA […]
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