It’s not your imagination, it really is costing more money to fill up the gas tank in Nevada. In the last week prices have gone up 3 cents. The average, according to GasBudy.com, is $2.60 a gallon. A year ago drivers in the Silver State were paying 57 cents less per gallon. Even a month […]
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By Bre McGee At the far end of Christmas Valley, there are at least two members of Reds and Julie Regan’s household enjoying the detriments of flooding that recently effected many homes around Lake Tahoe. Having had to rip up flooded carpet and move furniture from the Regans’ dining and living rooms has left a […]
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By Anita Chabria, Sacramento Bee More than 1,700 people turned out Saturday morning at an El Dorado Hills high school to once again let Republican Rep. Tom McClintock know how they feel about GOP policies and his support of President Trump. Like three other town halls McClintock has hosted in the past month, the majority […]
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By Kurt Snibbe, San Jose Mercury News The governor’s office said damage to roads in the first two months of 2017 will cost $595 million to repair. That is a small portion of the more than $137 billion the state needs to repair its crumbling transportation infrastructure. California is trying to climb out of a […]
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Snow continues to accumulate on Tahoe-Truckee area roads, which has educators calling for another snow day. Schools in Lake Tahoe Unified and Tahoe-Truckee Unified are closed on March 6. Douglas County is delayed by 90 minutes and is using main bus stops only. Incline Village schools are on a two-hour delay. The winter storm warning […]
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By Seth A. Richardson, Reno Gazette-Journal With Republican President Trump set to increase deportations of undocumented immigrants nationwide, a Democratic state lawmaker has plans to restrict how and when local law enforcement can be involved. Trump has ramped up talks of increasing deportations in recent weeks and directed his administration to more thoroughly enforce immigration laws. […]
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As the snow stops to fall on the South Shore, the Lake Tahoe Unified School District has decided to call another snow day more than 12 hours before the decision is usually made No school on March 6. The district says it is because of the blizzard.
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By Rebekah Sager, Fox News President Trump’s proposed travel ban of citizens from seven majority-Muslim countries is weighing heavily on the tourism industry. Whether it’s individuals who want to see the U.S. or companies planning travel for corporate events, many in the industry are expecting fewer people to visit America in the foreseeable future. […]
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By Amanda Hoover, Christian Science Monitor Over the past two decades, humans triggered 84 percent of all wildfires and tripled the length of the fire season, making it a nearly year-round phenomenon under drier, warmer conditions, according to a new study. The findings come from a team of researchers at the University of Colorado […]
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Update: 1:58pm: Interstate 80 is expected to open at 2pm Sunday to passenger vehicles. There is no estimated time for trucks to be allowed through. —– Whiteout conditions are making travel in the greater Lake Tahoe area difficult. Interstate 80 is closed in both directions because of the lack of visibility. Highway 89 around Emerald […]
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