The Lake Tahoe real estate market ended the decade with strong sales and significant signs of improvement, according to a year-end report from Chase International. The report, which compares all sales and home prices from 2010 to those of 2009, shows a 16 percent increase in units sold and a 20 percent jump in overall […]
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By Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee A judge today suspended phone calls between Phillip and Nancy Garrido after the El Dorado County counsel raised concerns that their monthly conversations may have veered into witness-tampering. Ed Knapp told the judge in the Jaycee Lee Dugard kidnapping case that “our fears have been confirmed.” Knapp said later outside […]
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By Kathryn Reed SPOONER SUMMIT — Tucked off the side of the road near the top of Spooner Summit is a new fire station that belongs to the U.S. Forest Service. The contractor finished the nearly $1 million project last month. Half of the money for the structure is from Forest Service coffers, while the […]
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By Bill Hagar, Reno Gazette-Journal Bill Raggio, Nevada’s longest-serving state senator, said Wednesday that he is resigning because he can no longer navigate the lengthy hallways of the Nevada Legislature due to a torn Achilles tendon in his left ankle. The departure of Raggio, an 84-year-old Reno Republican, will further diminish Northern Nevada’s clout in […]
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Updated: Jan. 6 3:20am. No one was injured this week when the Mott Canyon chairlift at Heavenly Ski Resort derailed. Fourteen people were evacuated by rope and the lift remains offline. “At approximately 1pm on Jan. 4, a male snowboarder at Heavenly Mountain Resort slid through the entrance gate at Mott chairlift, hitting an outgoing […]
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By Kevin Yamamura, Sacramento Bee Gov. Jerry Brown will spare K-12 schools from further drastic cuts in his budget – so long as voters extend higher income taxes in a special election, according to sources familiar with his proposal. The tradeoff wouldn’t cure education ills, and many districts would still face another year of fewer […]
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By Tom Knudson, Sacramento Bee The journey begins with a plastic bottle tossed into a California recycling bin. And it ends, more often than not, in China, where that bottle is turned into a cheap trinket or toy – a long-distance, low-grade form of recycling that contributes to global warming and sows no green jobs […]
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By Lenita Powers, Reno Gazette-Journal More cargo and passengers are moving through Reno-Tahoe International Airport, a harbinger of better economic times ahead for the area, Krys Bart, the airport’s chief executive officer, said last week. “Airports are early indicators of the economy and these numbers are a sign of recovery for our community,” Bart said. […]
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By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe will have a new state Senator in Sacramento on Thursday and at the same time will be without a representative in the Assembly. This is because on Jan. 4 Ted Gaines soundly won the special election for the 1st Senate District seat. He garnered 63. 2 percent of the vote […]
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By Kathryn Reed The general manager and the 17-member management group of South Tahoe Public Utility District will not be getting a pay raise for the next 18 months. Negotiations are continuing with the union regarding a one-year extension of their contract that expires at the end of June. “The board has made it clear […]
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