The first fatality of the wicked storms that have thrashed the Lake Tahoe area occurred Thursday night. A 43-year-old Tahoe City woman was killed when a tree fell onto the Subaru she was driving. She was headed south on Highway 89 near Squaw Valley at about 6:30pm Jan. 12. No one else was in the […]
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Caltrans is alerting motorists traveling this weekend in the Sierra foothills, mountain areas or over the Donner or Echo summits to be prepared for winter driving conditions, especially at the higher elevations and in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Motorists should also expect delays caused by increased traffic because of the holiday weekend. Very cold overnight temperatures […]
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By Associated Press Stateline casinos helped contribute to 2016 being the first time since the 2008 fiscal year that Nevada casinos showed net income instead of a loss. The Gaming Control Board released the figures Wednesday. The South Shore reported a 5.1 percent increase year-over-year to $375 million. In 2015 the Stateline casinos had a net […]
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Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce’s new CEO starts Feb. 6. Craig Schmidt has been leading the Mammoth chamber since September 2014. His background is being the chief executive officer of chambers in tourist areas. Prior to Mammoth he was in Morro Bay, Healdsburg and Hood River. Schmidt is a graduate of the Institute […]
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By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee Placer County Sheriff Ed Bonner announced Wednesday that he will retire next month after 22 years in the post. In a video posted on the Sheriff’s Office’s Facebook page, Bonner, 65, cited health reasons for his decision to leave office effective Feb. 24. “My doctors and I have huddled up […]
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Update 5:34pm: While a winter storm warning remains in effect for the Tahoe area until 10 tonight, the forecast for next week is for another atmospheric storm to hit the region. It is expected to arrive Tuesday night and last through Wednesday. Forecasters are saying it will not be as strong as the storms that […]
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By Matthew Crowley, Las Vegas Review-Journal Christel Marie San Diego came to the United States from the Philippines four years ago with her own American Dream. After graduating from college and reading books like “Think and Grow Rich” and “The Power of Habit,” she plans to own a business — and perhaps outearn her parents. […]
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By Nicole Raz, Las Vegas Review-Journal Hiring out-of-state workers is a risky business. Nevada, a state in which companies rely heavily on out-of-state hires, seems to know how to keep the people they bring in — at least for now. “We’ve seen that in some of the national migration data that the number of people […]
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The Bureau of Land Management wants the public to weigh in on its proposal to round up more than 500 horses in the Pine Nuts. According to the federal agency, the wild horse population increases about 17 percent a year. About 600 are in the area now. The BLM says it wants to remove the […]
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Updated 9:10pm: It’s not over. A winter storm warning for Tahoe-Truckee is in effect until 10pm Thursday. Another 4 to 8 inches is expected at the lake, with more than a foot above 7,000 feet. Liberty Utilities has approximately 6,500 locations still without power tonight. “We cannot guarantee restoration times, however, we will continue to […]
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