By Kathryn Reed Even though millions of federal dollars are headed to California to remove dead trees in national forests, if they had arrived sooner it would not have made a difference for the Emerald Fire. None of the $11 million allocated last week by the U.S. Department of Agriculture is coming to Lake Tahoe. […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE — Zephyr Cove Elementary School isn’t just focused on academics. Student behavior is also a large component of the school day. “We don’t like calling it bullying. We call it anti-disrespect,” Principal Nancy Cauley told the Douglas County School Board last week. Positive Behavioral Intervention Support started last year and is […]
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By Lake Tahoe News Four parcels in South Lake Tahoe owned by the California Tahoe Conservancy are about to be sold. The asset lands policy for the state agency now is called land transfers. The change was made at the board’s meeting this fall. Language was changed so the land doesn’t just go to anyone […]
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By Joann Eisenbrandt Completion of the Shingle Springs Village project, a gas station/convenience store complex on tribal lands of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, has been slowed by a stay granted Oct. 7 by El Dorado Superior Court Judge Curt Stracener. The project has been quickly taking shape just off Highway 50 south […]
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By Sandra Chereb, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — Nevada prison officials said Friday the state will have to explore its options to carry out executions after it received no bids from pharmaceutical companies to supply drugs for lethal injections. The state issued 247 requests for proposals on Sept. 2 after its stockpile of at […]
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By Alexander S. Corey, Las Vegas Review-Journal In the first quarter of 2016, small-business employment in Nevada reached an all-time high, according to the Nevada Department of Employment, Training, and Rehabilitation. In Nevada, companies with fewer than 100 employees added 13,600 jobs year-over-year in the first quarter of 2016, according to the employment department. In […]
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By Sandra Chereb, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — Nevada state agencies submitted budget requests totaling $8.2 billion for the upcoming two-year cycle, $800 million more than the current spending level, administration officials said Friday. The release of agency requests is one step in a complicated budget-building process and likely will not be reflected in […]
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Updated 8:52pm: The Emerald Fire burning near Cascade Lake has increased to 90 percent containment, with the acreage burned reduced to 176 acres. “Debris continues to impact the roadway due to the high winds and torrential rains. Fire suppression repair continues on the fire where safe. Liberty Utilities is working to restore power to the area,” […]
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Plan to pay more for garbage on the South Shore starting Jan. 1. South Tahoe Refuse is asking South Lake Tahoe and Douglas County to approve a 1.96 percent increase. The percentage is expected to be a little less in El Dorado County. The garbage company did not raise rates this year. In 2015, South Lake […]
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By Jason Hidalgo, Reno Gazette-Journal On a clear September day in 2014, Nevada’s brain trust for economic development gathered in Carson City to celebrate the turning of a new chapter in Silver State history. Tesla’s $5 billion Gigafactory was coming to the Reno area, a coup for a state considered an underdog against formidable competition […]
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