By Reno Gazette-Journal Reno-Tahoe International Airport is losing six Southwest Airlines flights this fall as part of nationwide cutbacks totaling 106, the Las Vegas Sun reported Wednesday, though an airport spokesman said he hopes the Reno flights eventually will resume. As part of a schedule change by Southwest, Reno is losing six flights with one […]
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By Shane Goldmacher, Los Angeles Times Most state workers will again face unpaid furloughs again in August under an executive order imposed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, said a union official who was briefed on the plan by the administration. Roughly 200,000 state workers would be subject to the mandatory days off, though the governor is […]
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The discovery of an unexploded blasting cap on a construction site is causing traffic issues on Highway 50 in El Dorado County. Caltrans is advising motorists to expect delays on Highway 50 near Bass Lake Road. Beginning at approximately 12:15pm today, eastbound traffic will be held at Latrobe Road and westbound traffic will be held […]
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By Carlos Alcalá, Sacramento Bee The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office is the target of a lawsuit – the second in two months – claiming that a “boy’s club” in the department subjects women to harassment and discrimination. In the latest suit, filed Friday in U.S. District Court, three civilian employees of the department allege […]
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By Kathryn Reed By the end of the year it’s possible South Lake Tahoe won’t have any medicinal marijuana dispensaries. On Tuesday the council voted to have staff come up with an ordinance that would ban the three existing collectives as well as any future ones. The divided vote had Councilman Bill Crawford voting no, […]
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By Emily Richmond, Las Vegas Sun Former Nevada Gov. Kenny Guinn was remembered Tuesday as a common man with an uncommon sense of duty. More than 1,200 people filled the pews at St. Joseph, Husband of Mary Catholic Church on West Sahara Avenue for the two-hour funeral Mass. Among them were family and friends, lawmakers […]
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In preparation for Hot August Nights, the South Lake Tahoe Police Department will be conducting a DUI/driver’s License checkpoint on July 29 from 8pm-1:30am, along Lake Tahoe Boulevard and Pioneer Trail. This will be followed up July 30 and July 31 with extra officers on roving DUI Saturation Patrols from the “Avoid the 6” Multi-Agency […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe City Council members had almost nothing to say before the city’s response to the scathing grand jury report was voted on. The written response by City Manager Dave Jinkens agrees with little that the independent panel chastised the city about and instead gives a flimsy defense to many accusations. […]
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By Susan Voyles, Reno Gazette-Journal The Washoe County Commission approved a number of agreements Tuesday. They include: Communications system: An agreement with Douglas County and Alpine and Calaveras counties in California to create a Tahoe partnership to develop a multi-agency public safety communications system. Read the whole story
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By Michael Martinez, Reno Gazette-Journal State and local educators said Tuesday that they plan to move ahead with some of the strategic reforms for public schools outlined in their application for federal Race to the Top grant money, even though Nevada was not among 19 semifinalists and will not get the $175 million for which […]
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