By Susan Voyles, Reno Gazette-Journal With Northern Nevada still reeling from the national recession, the region will get a rare opportunity this fall to sell itself when industry leaders in tourism, economic development and geothermal energy gather in Reno for three national and international conventions. The National Tour Association is expected to draw more than […]
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El Dorado County health and school officials have reopened the Oak Ridge High, Rolling Hills Middle, and Silva Valley Elementary school campuses and El Dorado Hills Community Services District following a precautionary closure due to a noxious odor. Officials received word from the Federal Environmental Protection Agency that air-monitoring results from the Oak Ridge High […]
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By Kathryn Reed The Happy Homestead Cemetery board approved a budget last week without having final numbers tabulated. As of Saturday not all board members knew what the exact figures are for revenues and expenses for the fiscal year that starts Oct. 1. The board agreed to slash the estimated interest to be accrued from […]
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El Dorado County health and school officials have extended the closure of Oak Ridge High, Rolling Hills Middle, and Silva Valley Elementary school campuses as a precautionary measure until additional air sampling can be conducted on Oak Ridge High’s track, at all three schools and in some classrooms. The schools were closed Sept. 18, and […]
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By Amy Littlefield, Los Angeles Times Lake Tahoe is under siege by clams the size of your thumbnail. The population of the coffee-colored Asian clams has soared in the southeast portion of the lake, threatening to hog food sources and excrete nutrients that foster algae growth, according to an annual Lake Tahoe report by UC […]
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By Kathryn Reed A federal judge on Friday gave the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency what it wanted — the ability to continue the permitting process for buoys and piers at Lake Tahoe, but not allowing construction to continue. U.S. District Judge Lawrence Karlton listened to arguments Sept. 14 in Sacramento before making his ruling four […]
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By Jason Felch, Los Angeles Times Louisiana State Police arrested the head of a Palos Verdes-based disaster recovery company Thursday on suspicion of stealing more than $320,000 from victims of Hurricane Katrina. Steve Slepcevic, the 41-year old founder and chief executive officer of Paramount Disaster Recovery Inc., evaded authorities for days before arriving at St. […]
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As a result of budget constraints and employee furloughs, the El Dorado County chief administrative office has announced cutbacks in hours for most county offices. County office closures are subject to change. Up-to-date operating hour information is available at www.edcgov.us. The following office closures are now in effect: Agriculture, noon-1pm daily, through June 30, 2010; […]
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The body recovered from the bottom of Lake Tahoe Thursday has been identified as Roy Ricord, 31, of Stateline. “Foul play has not been completely ruled out because we don’t have all the facts,†Lt. Marty Hale of the South Lake Tahoe Police Department said. An autopsy was performed today with no ruling other than […]
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By Susan Wood Forget that time heals all wounds. With respect to South Lake Tahoe roads, time is the enemy – one the City Council has grappled with for more than eight years. While the debate over how to fund street repair continued in council chambers last month, the network of 130 miles of roads […]
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