By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — Nevada’s new execution chamber at Ely State Prison is finished, but there is no expectation it will be used anytime soon. The state can no longer obtain the drugs it needs to proceed with an execution. Nearly $860,000 was approved for the new chamber by the […]
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Update 3:59pm: Alpine Meadows will not open today because of a power outage. Liberty Utilities expects to have power restored by 8pm Sunday. At the height of the incident there were 685 customers in this area of Placer County without electricity. A backhoe took out a power pole just before 5:30am Sunday, which meant the lines […]
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By Susan Wood Bill Crawford, who made a name for himself on the South Lake Tahoe City Council, died Friday. He was 82. Mr. Crawford was more than a two-term council member. He loved nature, was an avid athlete and a teacher who touched many lives. The news of his Nov. 25 death prompted several family […]
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Starting in January there will be another way to get to Truckee. Blackbird describes itself as a technology-driven airline delivering a private flight experience at a budget airline price. Blackbird partners with charter companies to fly high demand routes and enables customers to purchase seats at an affordable price. Its first route will be between Palo Alto […]
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By Mayumi Elegado, Ally Gravina, Dave Zook, and Meghan Herbst, Moonshine Ink The Truckee Railyard project heralds a lot of firsts. It’s the first time the town of Truckee has partnered this closely with a developer. Likely the first time a developer convinced Union Pacific to accept commercial development within a balloon track. The first […]
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By Sandra Chereb, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY – Before the nitty-gritty of lawmaking begins in February, newbie Nevada legislators fresh off the campaign trail need to know the basics. Orientation began last week for 17 freshman Assembly and Senate members who’ve never served in the Legislature. It was a three-day crash course on everything […]
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By Teri Sforza, Orange County Register Businesses in California were given state tax breaks worth about $2.67 billion over the past two decades, with more than half the money going to two sectors of the economy – those trading in war and circus. These tax breaks – denounced as “corporate welfare” or praised as “business […]
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While Caltrans is done with road work in the Lake Tahoe Basin for now, the transportation department will be back in 2017. Next season will mark the start of Caltrans’ final major water quality project as part of the Lake Tahoe environmental improvement program. The project is on Highway 50 in South Lake Tahoe from […]
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By Lake Tahoe News Following the passage of Propositions 64, Placer County supervisors are trying to keep pace. The state recreational marijuana initiative allows people to grow a limited amount of pot indoors. Supervisors voted 4-0 to allow limited cultivation inside and outside in the unincorporated areas of the county — which includes Lake Tahoe. […]
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A fire at Happy Homestead Cemetery was contained to an old truck. While the cause it under investigation, South Lake Tahoe fire officials told Lake Tahoe News it could be organics in the back of the truck or an electrical issue. The fire started Nov. 23 and will quickly put out. — Lake Tahoe News […]
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