By Sandra Chereb, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — Gov. Brian Sandoval is preparing for his last regular legislative session that will culminate the efforts of his administration and define the mark he leaves as Nevada’s 29th chief executive. The two-term Republican, in typical fashion, is keeping details of his legislative agenda and two-year budget […]
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Happy Homestead Cemetery is now officially the South Shore’s cemetery. Since the South Lake Tahoe cemetery opened in 1952 no one from Nevada could be buried there. A law that took effect Jan. 1 allows residents in Glenbrook, Cave Rock, Skyland, Zephyr Cove, Round Hill, Elk Point, Kingsbury and Stateline to have Happy Homestead be […]
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By Tony Bizjak, Sacramento Bee More drivers than ever this winter are parking illegally on the side of Highway 50 to play or take photos in the snow. That’s despite the fact that “No Stopping Anytime” signs frequently line the road from Placerville to Echo Summit. California Highway Patrol officials say some people are even […]
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Tahoe Truckee Unified School District is taking a snow day on Jan. 3. Schools in Incline Village are on a two-hour delay. Lake Tahoe Unified, Douglas County and Lake Tahoe Community College are still on holiday. — Lake Tahoe News staff report
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By Associated Press Olympic skiing champion Jean Vuarnet, who helped pioneer the aerodynamic tuck position for downhill racers but suffered tragedy with the deaths of his wife and son in a doomsday cult murder-suicide, has died, the French Olympic Committee announced Monday. He was 83. Vuarnet died of a stroke, a statement by the committee […]
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By Kathryn Reed A lawsuit has been filed to stop the implementation of Placer County’s Tahoe Basin Area Plan. The approvals by the Board of Supervisors on Dec. 6 included the plan, environmental documents and green-lighted the 118-unit Tahoe City Lodge project. The lawsuit filed Dec. 21 by the California Clean Energy Committee against the […]
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Shoppers at TJ Maxx in South Lake Tahoe got more than they bargained for on Monday night. A fire that started in an upstairs mechanical room set off the sprinkler system at 6:59pm Jan. 2. “For the most part there is a bunch of water on the floor. It’s more of a huge mess than […]
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By Adam Candee, Las Vegas Sun Packing on a little extra at the holidays goes well beyond the dinner table for many people. And much like those pesky five pounds, shedding credit card debt often requires more time to shed than it took to acquire. A recent analysis by Creditcards.com shows that Nevada falls just […]
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By Michael Casey and Patrick Whittle, AP In a towering forest of centuries-old eastern hemlocks, it’s easy to miss one of the tree’s nemeses. No larger than a speck of pepper, the Hemlock woolly adelgid spends its life on the underside of needles sucking sap, eventually killing the tree. The bug is one in an […]
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By Associated Press Christmas is the season of giving, and January the month of returns. UPS expects to deliver 1.3 million packages back to retailers on Jan. 5, celebrated by the delivery service, but no one else, as “National Returns Day.” Surging online sales have been followed by a surge of returns by air and […]
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