Publisher’s note: Updated 11:40am. By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal Gwendolynn Ewasko, 19, was in the living room of her Incline Village home this morning when a truck crashed into it and exploded. “There was a big crash and I saw these huge flames. I thought it was an earthquake,” Ewasko said. “Everything just came caving […]
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By Austin Fay STATELINE – Two years of work by Douglas County staff and the water districts in the county seemed to go down the drain Thursday when the commissioners on a 4-1 vote decided to forego consolidating the eight water systems. “The problem in my mind is we’re asking one set of non-users (of […]
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By Kathryn Reed The 19-year-old Meyers Landfill lawsuit is over. Final approval is expected today or Monday, with all parties signing the agreement by June 23. “Needless to say, I am happy to see that this day has finally arrived,” El Dorado County Supervisor Norma Santiago told Lake Tahoe News. The 26-acre site off Pioneer […]
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By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal A major flood control project planned for the Truckee River would not endanger efforts to restore threatened fish in the river, federal biologists say. But Bob Williams, Nevada supervisor for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is concerned some components of the $1.6 billion Truckee River flood project could conflict […]
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Publisher’s note: The body of Leo Wescombe, 29, of Australia has yet to be recovered form the Cosumnes River after the kayaker disappeared in rapids on Sunday. By Bill Lindelof, Sacramento Bee A 19-year-old Mount Aukum man drowned Tuesday in the rapids of the Cosumnes River, officials said Wednesday. El Dorado County sheriff’s deputies said […]
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An affordable housing project in Placer County’s portion of Lake Tahoe cleared a final hurdle Wednesday when the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee awarded $2,292,167 per year for 10 years ($22,921,670 total) in low income housing tax credits to the project. This last piece of a complex funding plan will complete the financing for the […]
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By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal A man who researched Lake Tahoe’s ecology and environmental troubles for more than a half century will join Reno’s Desert Research Institute as an adjunct professor, DRI officials announced today. Charles Goldman, who began studying Lake Tahoe in 1958 and founded the University of California, Davis’ Tahoe Research Group, will […]
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By Kathryn Reed If Susan Middleton weren’t retiring, her next title would be great in the resume building department – acting president of Lake Tahoe Community College. She will assume the top spot of South Tahoe’s two-year college when President Paul Killpatrick heads to Seattle on July 16. She will be at the post a […]
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The Forest Service is operating the Bell 212 helicopter (H514) out of Auburn, Station 10, for a month during the early part of fire season. “Due to the wet winter and heavy snow pack the Forest Service moved their helicopter to the CalFire station in Auburn so that it would be more available for lower […]
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By Kathryn Reed Even though South Lake Tahoe adopted a resolution in July 2004 authorizing mobile vending services to operate in town, no regulations came with it. That is likely to change next week when the City Council is expected to discuss an ordinance regulating these businesses. There was a short discussion during the first […]
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