A fire at the O’Reilly Auto Parts store in Truckee only caused damage to the outside of the building. Even though firefighters had to cut holes in the roof March 24, the store was able to reopen the following day. The call came in about 6pm from a passer-by who saw flames from the roof […]
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A back country skier survived being swept up by a 1,000-foot-long avalanche on Mount Tallac on Saturday. The skier was carried about 800 feet. The extent of injuries is not known. According to the Sierra Avalanche Center, the person lost equipment and some was broken. The incident occurred at 12:30pm March 25 in The Cross; […]
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Publisher’s note: This is one in a series of stories about affordable housing in the Lake Tahoe-Truckee region. All articles may be accessed via the home page under Special Projects, 2017 Affordable Housing. By Susan Wood When it comes to millennials and home ownership, the 30s could arguably be the new 20s. The 16- to […]
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Lake Tahoe Unified School District’s board of education on Tuesday is expected to give all employees a 2 percent raise. The raise is for the current school year and would be retroactive to Jan. 1. Also part of the contract agreement is for the district to increase what it pays for health insurance from $10,232 […]
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By Wade Tyler Millward, Las Vegas Review-Journal Nevada’s unemployment rate saw the largest decline nationwide for year-over-year February unemployment. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the state posted a 1.2 percentage point decrease in February 2016. Nevada went from a 6.1 percent unemployment rate in February 2016 to a 4.9 percent rate in February […]
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By Alina Selyukh, NPR The U.S. Senate has a lot going on: confirmation hearings for a Supreme Court nominee, negotiations on repealing the Affordable Care Act, votes on gun sales regulations and bear-hunting rules for Alaska. But a big telecom matter found its way into the schedule: privacy rules for Internet service providers. In a […]
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By Chris Megerian, Los Angeles Times Wielding the same authority created decades ago to fight smog, California regulators on Friday moved forward with tough new pollution-reduction requirements for automakers selling cars in the state. The rules set escalating targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from 2022 through 2025, and officials are planning tougher steps after […]
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A gas line exploded at a house in Kirkwood this morning. No one was home at the time and there were no injuries. It occurred March 25 near Fremont and Merrill streets. No one from Kirkwood Fire Department was available for comment so the extent of damage is not known nor if snowload was the […]
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By Joseph Serna, Los Angeles Times The milestones marking California’s wettest year in decades continue to pile up, as state water officials said a reservoir high up in the Sierra Nevada has exceeded capacity for the first time in 21 years. Lake Davis began overflowing onto its earth-and-rock spillway Wednesday after a couple of […]
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As Douglas County begins working on its 2017-18 budget, commissioners have some leeway with funding based of what is anticipated to be a $2 million surplus. Staff and commissioners came up with a slew of priorities this week. Next week there will be public hearings Monday-Thursday at 3pm in Minden where the public can voice […]
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