Q & D Construction is planning to start some highway work in Kings Beach on April 18, weather permitting. This work will consist of raising manhole lids to grade throughout the highway corridor. Q & D has approximately two months of work left. The second phase of the project is also planned for construction this […]
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By Associated Press April showers delayed a ballgame and prompted flood advisories as they scooted through California on Saturday, but the overall rain totals won’t do much to ease five years of drought, forecasters said. Light rain began falling Friday, and scattered showers should continue today, with a slight chance of thunderstorms, according to the […]
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By Tony Bizjak and Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee The horrific crash in Auburn on Sunday, when an allegedly drugged driver plowed into two teenage pedestrians, came as no shock to law enforcement and traffic safety officials. Slowly, but surely, drugged driving is surpassing drunken driving as a lethal threat on state and local roads. “This […]
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By Jason Hidalgo, Reno Gazette-Journal It’s as easy as ordering a Big Mac. Thanks to laws designed to attract business, creating a company in Nevada is a quick and simple exercise for anyone able to pay the required fees. Add a layer of anonymity that hides ownership for limited liability companies, or LLCs, and you […]
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Twenty-five former El Dorado County employees are part of the $100,000 club. This means they are collecting a pension of more than $100,000 a year. It is taxpayer money that provides them with a defined benefit that must be paid before roads or other county services are dealt with. Two former sheriffs are making more than $200,000 a […]
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Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe hit its rim on April 9. By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal Lake Tahoe is finally expected to spill over its natural rim into the Truckee River sometime within the coming days. When it happens it will be the first time in more than 300 days the lake topped its natural rim, […]
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By David Crary, AP MONTROSE, Colo. — Keith Carey is a gunsmith in Montrose, a town with a frontier flavor set amid the rocky mesas of western Colorado. He’s a staunch, though soft-spoken, defender of the right to bear arms. Yet now he’s also a willing recruit in a fledgling effort to see if the […]
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By David Crary, AP Throughout the interior West, states in a belt from Montana to New Mexico are looking for ways to lower their highest-in-the-nation suicide rates, although gun-specific initiatives are a touchy topic. In Montana, with the highest rate, suicide prevention coordinator Karl Rosston acknowledges some frustration as the toll rises, including the recent […]
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A Placerville woman is one of two defendants to plead guilty to sexual exploitation of children. Stormy M. Avers, 36, of Placerville faces up to 20 years in prison when she is sentenced June 24. Jason S. Wymer, 44, of Citrus Heights faces up to 30 years at his July 29 sentencing. According to court documents, the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Even though a goal of El Dorado County’s Board of Supervisors is economic development, a policy to stimulate such growth has been abandoned. But it might be resurrected now that it has been called to the attention of Supervisor Sue Novasel. After Lake Tahoe News inquired about what is known as Policy […]
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