By Kathryn Reed Planned Parenthood has cutback its services to the Tahoe-Truckee area. Gone are the programs at the California Conservation Corps in Meyers and at Sierra High School in Truckee. “Because of budget constraints and issues with the entire state we are restructuring,” said Alison Gaulden, spokeswoman for Planned Parenthood in Reno. In South […]
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By Stephanie Tavares, Las Vegas Sun NV Energy’s experimental use of wood chips in one of its coal plants was a bit of a flop, but the utility and state officials are hoping it will wind up being the first step toward using waste wood that is stacking up in Nevada. The test, which began […]
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By Kathryn Reed Even in these economic times, grants continue to be available to public agencies, often from other public agencies. In the 2009-10 South Lake Tahoe budget, the capital improvement program is receiving 35 percent of its budget from federal grants and 29 percent from state grants. That can be partially broken down to […]
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By Michael Doyle, McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON — A Justice Department corruption investigation that helped drive John Doolittle from office has now been closed without charges being filed, the former Sacramento, Calif.-area congressman said Friday. “I’m thrilled,” Doolittle said in an interview. “They’ve dragged this thing out for six and a half years.” Doolittle’s relief, though, […]
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By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee A Gulfstream airplane will make low-level flights over the Sacramento region this month to collect data for a U.S. Department of Energy climate study. Researchers from the department’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Wash., will lead the study, coordinating air and ground operations at three locations. Participating scientists come […]
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By Stephanie Tavares, Las Vegas Sun Move over quagga and zebra mussels, a new invasive mollusk is making waves in Nevada. Sport fishermen and state wildlife officials are worried about New Zealand mudsnails after a colony of the tiny critters was found at a boat inspection area at Lake Tahoe last week. Although they haven’t […]
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By Ed Fletcher, Sacramento Bee Conservative Placer County is doing a fair amount of head-scratching after Tuesday’s vote. How did Democrat Jack Duran oust a Republican and claim a seat on the Board of Supervisors? While Duran’s backers point to his track record as trustee of the Roseville Joint Union High School District, Republican analysts […]
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By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe Community College is taking measures to ensure it can pay its bills even if Sacramento doesn’t. The board agreed Tuesday to borrow about $1.7 million from El Dorado County Office of Education – just in case. Sue Niehoff, vice president of Business Services, told the board at Tuesday’s meeting that […]
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By Kathryn Reed What happens when Paul Killpatrick vacates the president’s office at Lake Tahoe Community College next month? The answer to that question should come June 15 at 7am after the board of trustees’ special meeting. The board discussed before and after the regular session on June 8 how to proceed. No decision was […]
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By Kathryn Reed KINGS BEACH — With fine sediment being the major pollutant clouding the pristine waters of Lake Tahoe, that load of dirt is going to be scrutinized even more in the coming years. Today the Lahontan Regional Water Control Board expects to release its plan to increase clarity, goals for how far a […]
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