By Kathryn Reed It’s like a trove of trails is hiding in broad daylight. South Lake Tahoe wants to open up the area behind the commercial buildings on the southeast corner at the Y to turn it into a desirable walking-biking network. Known as the Tahoe Valley Greenbelt, this swath of land will also be […]
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By Steve Gorman, Reuters California regulators on Wednesday adopted the nation’s first mandatory energy efficiency rules for computers and monitors – devices that account for 3 percent of home electric bills and 7 percent of commercial power costs in the state. The state Energy Commission said that when fully implemented the industry-backed plan will save […]
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By Kathryn Reed The commercial strip housing the Tahoe Wellness Cooperative is about to be foreclosed upon. A notice of default on the South Lake Tahoe property that is owned by Patty Olson has been filed. It is slated to be sold at auction on Jan. 17. Cody Bass, founder and executive director of the […]
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By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — Two state legislative leaders have requested a bill be drafted to abolish the death penalty in Nevada. Bill draft request No. 544 from Assemblyman James Ohrenschall, D-Las Vegas, would make life without the possibility of parole the maximum criminal penalty in Nevada. Sen. Tick Segerblom, D-Las […]
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Three Lake Tahoe Community College students grabbed the top prize at a statewide mathematics conference for their poster entry for general math. The winning poster was designed to explain optimizing volume of a hanging mass system using the disk method. The disk method is a technique borrowed from calculus that can be used to find […]
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By Tony Bizjak, Sacramento Bee State highway officials are laying the groundwork for a $50 million safety upgrade of Highway 50 east of Placerville, a continuation of decadeslong efforts to modernize one of the oldest mountain highways in the state. The key element will be installation of two miles of concrete median divider to separate […]
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A 23-year-old Markleeville sustained moderate injuries after being ejected from the vehicle she was driving. Kaitlin Shanahan was driving north on Highway 89 north Markleeville at an unknown rate of speed on Dec. 11 at 2:10pm when she drifted off the road onto the dirt, rock embankment. The GMC Sierra struck a tree, overturned and […]
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By Glen Meek, Las Vegas Sun There are no official numbers, but anecdotal reports suggest a new law could have serious consequences for some commuters on Nevada roads. The law requires all mopeds (often called scooters) to be registered. While it won’t take effect until Jan. 1, the Department of Motor Vehicles began the inspection […]
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By Kathryn Reed A one-sided presentation was delivered to the South Lake Tahoe City Council on Tuesday about how bad marijuana is, with most speakers advocating for the city to have as little to do with recreational aspects of the drug as possible. What they said: · Police Chief Brian Uhler: It will hurt the […]
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By Ryan Collingwood, Hagadone News Network Robert Parks toed the California-Mexico border in May, the beginning of his 2,600-mile hiking excursion on the Pacific Crest Trail. The 32-year-old Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, man trained for weeks in north Idaho forests for the beautiful and equally arduous journey set to conclude in Canada. When Parks reached Lake Tahoe, […]
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