By Susan Wood STATELINE – You know it’s a new day and age of politics when much of the focus for local government is on the party system. Hence, the upcoming primary election for Nevadans is June 12, a week after California’s, and the candidates running for two seats on the Douglas County Board of […]
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In response to employees being accused of stealing tires, Douglas County has launched a public fraud, waste, and abuse hot line. Using this hotline, the public and county employees will be able to confidentially report alleged inappropriate county activity. Douglas County employees also received fraud waste and abuse training and an ethics course. The person […]
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By William Moomaw, The Conversation Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt recently told a group of forestry executives and students that from now on the U.S. government would consider burning wood to generate electricity, commonly known as forest or woody biomass, to be “carbon neutral.” The executives, who had gathered at an Earth Day celebration […]
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By Adam Ashton, Sacramento Bee California probably won’t get a windfall in tax revenue from its newly legal marijuana market this year. The state collected $34 million in cannabis taxes between January and March, according to an update released by the Legislative Analyst’s Office on Tuesday. Read the whole story
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Comment on the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency’s draft environmental impact statement for the shore line will be taken until July 9. The goal is for approval by the end of the year. These regulations have not been substantially updated in three decades. TRPA tried to do before but was sued. With new regulations for piers, […]
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The Incarcerated Student Program at Lake Tahoe Community College is partnering with the Sierra Conversation Center facility in Jamestown to provide students there with a transfer degree pathway. ISP staff from the college visited the minimum and medium custody inmate facility last week to register 55 students, many of whom are continuing college students. ISP […]
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By Kathryn Reed Unknown amounts of a bleach-like chemical spilled into the Carson River on Wednesday near Woodfords. Even though the tanker truck carrying the sodium hypochlorite crashed into a power pole about 10am May 9, no one had been allowed into the area as of 6pm because of the danger the chemical poses. Depending […]
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By Kathryn Reed A stressful two years has ended with South Tahoe High School now being fully accredited. “Sometimes in crisis comes the opportunity for reestablishing a focus,” Superintendent Jim Tarwater told Lake Tahoe News. The Western Association of Schools and Colleges had placed the school on a two-year probationary status in 2016. Lake Tahoe […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal Caesars Entertainment Corp., which is the parent company of Harrah’s Lake Tahoe and Harveys, has joined the ranks of companies that no longer screen job candidates for marijuana use as a condition of employment. But that doesn’t mean the company has stopped all testing. A company spokesman on […]
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By Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle A far-reaching measure before California voters in June would authorize the state to borrow $4.1 billion for investments in outdoor recreation, land conservation and water projects. But Proposition 68, which needs a simple majority vote to pass, is not your typical water and parks bond measure. The proposition steers […]
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