By Anne Knowles CARSON CITY – A hearing on the bill to withdraw Nevada from the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency closed today with opponents and supporters of the legislation agreeing the agency is dysfunctional and in need of reform, but differing on how to overhaul it. The Assembly Government Affairs committee ended two days of […]
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El Dorado County residents who reside on the South Shore of Lake Tahoe who have electronics, furniture, mattresses, appliances, tires and other large trash items to throw away may dump them for $5 per truckload June 4 from 8am-4pm. Nevada residents may dump their junk for $10 a truckload. This is Clean Tahoe’s annual Community […]
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Truckee Fire Protection District and Placer County Environmental Health are still working to ensure that all properties in the Serene Lakes community affected by leaking propane systems are cleaned up. Several properties remain unabated, so the incident command team left in place the voluntary evacuation order. Since March, there have been 42 properties affected by […]
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By Maria L. La Ganga, Los Angeles Times PLACERVILLE — Nearly 20 years after Jaycee Lee Dugard was abducted while walking to a school bus stop, the couple who pleaded guilty in her kidnapping and rape were sentenced Thursday to prison terms that could keep them behind bars for the rest of their lives. Phillip […]
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Steve Jennings, who has headed the Tahoe Truckee Unified School District for the past three years, announced his retirement at the June 1 board meeting. The 39-year veteran educator will serve until Feb. 29, 2012. Jennings said he is excited to enter the next phase of his life, but added he will miss working with […]
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By Kathryn Reed That whining noise you hear is nearly every Lake Tahoe Basin resident complaining about the weather. “A lot of people are on their toes waiting for summer to come, but it’s going to be at least another week,” said Scott McGuire, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Reno. Snow, rain, wind, […]
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By Martha Bellisle, Reno Gazette-Journal As Nevada lawmakers struggle to fund state agencies while ensuring the long-term health of the employee retirement account, some public employees continue to legally collect salaries and retirement checks at the same time, an investigation by the Reno Gazette-Journal found. To date, almost 700 state workers have taken advantage of […]
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By Anne Knowles CARSON CITY – An amendment to the bill to withdraw Nevada from the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency unless the bi-state regulatory body is reformed was introduced Wednesday by TRPA board member and Nevada Secretary of State Ross Miller. Miller said the amendment would alleviate problems within the TRPA by changing the agency’s […]
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Caltrans has resumed its Interstate 80 projects from Colfax to the Nevada state line. Actual project time lines may vary, but weather permitting construction is scheduled from now through November. Projects slated for construction this season will replace and rehabilitate worn roadway, rehabilitate ramps, improve drainage, widen shoulders and replace metal guardrails. Caltrans will make […]
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The Placer County Board of Supervisors, sitting as the county redevelopment agency board, on a 5-0 vote approved a five-year implementation plan for the North Lake Tahoe Redevelopment Area. As required by state law, the Placer County Redevelopment Agency must adopt implementation plans for redevelopment areas every five years. The plan addressed approved last week […]
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