By Susan Wood The Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit expects to get the Super Scooper fire-specific aircraft staged here again for good reason – California and Nevada are not out of the woods when it comes to experiencing another bad fire season. That’s the word from a number of fire agencies that protect the basin […]
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By John Tozzi and Jeremy Scott Diamond, Bloomberg Humanity is putting on weight. Across the globe, in wealthy countries and developing nations, among children and adults, an increasing number of people are overweight or obese. Today, nearly 40 percent of the world’s adults fall into one of those categories, according to estimates by a global […]
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By Jason Hidalgo, Reno Gazette-Journal It’s baaaaack. Reno-Tahoe International Airport announced on Friday that Delta Air Lines is bringing back nonstop service between the Biggest Little City and Atlanta. The airport definitely had Georgia in its mind as the announcement was made amid a backdrop of sweet tea, peaches and musicians playing Dixieland music. Andy Wirth, […]
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By Jim Miller, Sacramento Bee Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Friday that directs $16.29 million to counties to help pay for expected high turnout in the June 7 presidential primary and to process a coming deluge of petitions from groups seeking to qualify November ballot measures, including one championed by the Democratic governor. Assembly Bill […]
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Four workers in South Lake Tahoe were cited Friday for allegedly selling alcohol to minors. The minor decoy operation on April 29 was under the direct supervision of officers. The youths attempted to purchase alcohol from 10 retail licensees in the city. Cited were Nathaniel Asavedo at Safeway Gas, Transito Martinez at Chevron Gas, Shearon […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal A Congressman whose district covers huge swaths of public land in Northern Nevada says he doesn’t deserve to be lumped in with 19 other lawmakers accused of driving an anti-parks agenda. Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Carson City, was one of two federal lawmakers from the Silver State the Center for American […]
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By Michelle Rindels, AP A high-stakes battle over a new business tax passed last year by the Nevada Legislature is heading to the Nevada Supreme Court today. Justices will consider the fate of a proposed ballot measure to repeal the commerce tax, which applies to businesses that make more than $4 million each year in […]
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By Kathryn Reed Redevelopment, housing, mental health, environment and recreation are the five main concerns of a grass roots group that wants to bring change to the South Shore. About 20 people met last week at the American Legion in South Lake Tahoe to discuss what they believe could be done to make the area […]
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By Richard Lardner, AP Women would be required to register for the military draft under a House committee’s bill that comes just months after the Defense Department lifted all gender-based restrictions on front-line combat units. A divided Armed Services Committee backed the provision in a sweeping defense policy bill that the full House will consider […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe’s snowplow fleet was breaking down so much this winter that it eventually resembled scrap metal more than it did working machines. “Catastrophic” is how staff described the situation. Four pieces of equipment are no longer operable. “By not replacing them, you lower the level of snow removal next year,” […]
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