By Sage Sauerbrey, Moonshine Ink A new player in the housing scene took a big step forward when the Truckee Planning Commission recommended approval of the hotel-residential development known as Coburn Crossing, with amendments. The project includes a 114-room Marriott Springhill Suites hotel and 138 residential units, to be built on the 10.35-acre property wedged […]
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By Kathryn Reed Tahoe Keys property owners have been asked to scale back their water use while one of the wells is out of commission. The motor on well No. 3 went out this month. It should be back in service soon, according to water officials. Pumps generally have a lifespan of seven years. This […]
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By Anna Gorman, KQED-TV Riverside County plans to connect former inmates with health clinics and social services. Orange County hopes to get homeless residents into housing — and help them stay there. Placer County is opening a respite center where homeless patients can go after they leave the hospital. Those are just some of the pilot […]
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By Associated Press The Reno-Tahoe International Airport is keeping busy this year, with 50,000 more passengers passing through its gates than in 2015. KTVN-TV reports that nearly 3.6 million passengers traveled through the Reno-Tahoe airport in 2016. Airport officials say an increased number of destinations helped boost passenger numbers. Currently 125 flights fly out of […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal Nevada will have an advocate in the American Gaming Association against any effort to revive the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository northwest of Las Vegas. AGA President and CEO Geoff Freeman, in an end-of-the-year press conference call Tuesday, also said he is optimistic that the $240 billion commercial […]
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By Michelle Rindels, AP Exactly a year after a controversial rate hike dramatically hampered the number of new rooftop solar installations, Nevada utility regulators voted Thursday to allow about 1,200 customers to install solar systems and get older, more favorable rates when they sell back excess electricity. The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada voted unanimously […]
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By Kathryn Reed Homelessness has many faces, many circumstances, many reasons. It has only one definition – having no place to live. It’s expected to be in the single digits at 7:30am on Christmas Day in South Lake Tahoe. That’s the hour dozens of homeless people will be turned out onto the street until the […]
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By Erin Kelly and Seth Richardson, USA Today When President-elect Donald Trump looks to the Senate for confirmation of his Cabinet nominees next year, he’ll have outgoing Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid to thank for Democrats’ powerlessness to block his choices. The Nevada Democrat, a fierce Trump opponent who often referred to the president-elect as […]
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By Nicole Winfield, AP VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis urged Christians to celebrate the birth of Jesus by thinking about the plight of today’s children, bemoaning how some must escape bombs or flee in migrant boats and how others are prevented from being born at all. Francis celebrated a somber Christmas Eve Mass in a […]
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By Tony Bizjak, Sacramento Bee With drought-defying snowstorms romping through the Sierra on a weekly basis, truckers once again are discovering how tough Interstate 80’s Donner Pass can be. Commercial trucks carrying 80,000-pound loads are losing traction in the snow, officials say, even with tire chains on, getting stuck in heavy summit traffic, blocking lanes […]
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