By Chris Kudialis, Las Vegas Sun Deporting large numbers of unauthorized immigrants would hurt families and the U.S. economy, leaders of a national advocacy group for Hispanics living in the United States and Latino community members said in Las Vegas on March 3. “Unauthorized immigrants pay more than $12 billion in Social Security taxes each […]
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By Sean Cockerham, McClatchy Experts say California’s Oroville dam crisis demonstrates the life-and-death urgency of federal spending to upgrade aging dams. But there are doubts about whether President Trump will agree. California Natural Resources Secretary John Laird told the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Wednesday that further deterioration of the nation’s aging […]
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A bill introduced this week would kill the fire fee many people in rural California have to pay, including those in parts of the Lake Tahoe Basin. This is not the first time state Sen. Ted Gaines, R-El Dorado, has tried to do away with a measure that was approved in 2011. “This fire tax […]
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Caltrans is warning motorists traveling over Donner or Echo summits to be prepared for travel delays through Monday morning. The National Weather Service says snow levels may be as low as 2,000 feet and that up to 3 feet of snow could fall in the higher elevations. Windy conditions are also forecast, so low-visibility, whiteout […]
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Highway 50 and south Carson Street will be reduced to one lane in each direction March 6-9 from about 9pm to 6am. Freeway signs are being installed in anticipation of the connector opening. The detours include: March 7: South Carson Street will be temporarily closed directly south of the Highway 50 intersection between approximately 1-4am. […]
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By Kathryn Reed Understanding drug addiction – by the user, health care professionals and loved ones – is the first step. Terri Cherry, retired pharmacist from Barton Health, this week gave a talk about prescription drug abuse. She emphasized that it is a disease, not a weakness – and certainly no one makes a conscious […]
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By Kirk Mitchell, Denver Post A California woman has sued a snowboarder who plowed into her from behind at Vail Ski Resort, causing severe injuries, including broken bones. Hsu Chiang Chou sued Philip Moroco II in Denver U.S. District Court on Thursday for a collision that happened Jan. 17 on Vail Mountain, according to the lawsuit […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal One sure sign the Sierra Nevada is experiencing a historic winter is the snowpack is getting too deep for devices scientists use to measure it. It’s a problem that cropped up Wednesday when researchers sought to confirm snow depth at a data site on Slide Mountain at Mount Rose Ski […]
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A Washoe tribe police officer was involved in a traffic collision on Friday morning. A 19-year-old Markleeville woman was driving north on Diamond Valley Road just before 11am March 3 when she pulled onto the shoulder. As the 25-year-old male officer as passing the woman’s vehicle she “immediately made an abrupt U-turn, directly into the […]
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Former South Lake Tahoe fire captain Mark Wyant is going to prison for 10 years for transportation of child pornography. The 46-year-old pleaded guilty in December to the one count and on March 3 was sentenced. A plea deal brought the original six charges involving sexual exploitation and attempted sexual exploitation of minors down to […]
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