Eight people were injured in a four-car accident on Highway 88 on Valentine’s Day. It started when Maria Gonzalez, 23, of San Jose was headed west just east of the Kirkwood Inn. Her vehicle, for unknown reasons, left the highway and hit a snowbank on the south side. She had five passengers in her vehicle. […]
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By Kathryn Reed It isn’t until the roads close that residents and business in Tahoe realize how isolated it can be living and working here. Fortunately, Highway 50 on the California and Nevada side were not closed for very long. Both reopened on Feb. 14. But there is a lot of winter left and no […]
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Nevada has asked the federal government for disaster relief from the January storms that caused widespread flooding. The affected regions include Douglas, Washoe, Carson City, Lyon, and Storey counties, as well the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe and Washoe Tribe. The damage from the storms is estimated to be about $15 million. — Lake Tahoe News […]
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By Colton Lochhead, Las Vegas Review-Journal Senate Minority Leader Michael Roberson wants to prevent any city or county in Nevada from becoming a sanctuary city for undocumented immigrants. In response to recent comments from a Clark County commissioner, Roberson, R-Henderson, plans introduced a bill Monday aimed at blocking local municipalities from being declared as sanctuary […]
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Truckee officials are warning Donner Lake property owners of potential flooding. While there is currently no risk of infrastructure failure, lake levels rising above the high water mark could result in low level flooding of some properties around the lake front. The Truckee River and streams remain swollen and the Donner Lake water level remains […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Tracy Loew and Jill Castellano, USA Today As the nation’s 84,000 dams continue to age, a growing number of people downstream of these structures are at risk, according to experts and data of the nation’s dams. It’s a problem highlighted this week as nearly 200,000 people evacuated the area near Oroville Dam, which […]
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Truckee residents or business owners who have substantial uninsured damage from the Jan. 7-12 or Feb. 6-11 storms may be able to get some relief. Truckee declared a state of emergency for the January storm system and anticipates declaring a second state of emergency for the February storms. Based on damages to residences and businesses that […]
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Update Feb. 15, 6:25am: By Kathryn Reed Highway 50 on the Nevada and California sides is open. One lane of Highway 50 in each direction is open on the Nevada side, allowing traffic to flow between the South Shore and Carson City. The Nevada route had been closed since Feb. 8 because SUV-sized boulders had fallen onto […]
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As of Monday, Lake Tahoe is more than 3 feet above its natural rim of 6,223 feet. The National Weather Service in Reno said on Feb. 13 the lake is at 6,226.37 feet at the Fanny Bridge in Tahoe City. The lake is 3½ feet higher now compared to Oct. 1. That equates to more than […]
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By Robin Respaut, Reuters California Public Employees’ Retirement System expects a 5.8 percent annual investment return under its new portfolio asset allocation, significantly lower than the fund’s assumed rate of return of 7 percent by 2020. The reduced expectation, disclosed late Monday in documents from the largest U.S. public pension fund, is based on a […]
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