A family dog is being credited with saving the lives a Tahoe City couple. The fire was reported just before midnight on May 30 at 495 Tamarack Lane. When firefighters arrived they found 60 percent of the house engulfed in flames. “Two occupants got out alive thanks to their dog who woke them up. They […]
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By Kyle Roerink, Las Vegas Sun NV Energy collected millions to pay federal income taxes since 2000 but hasn’t sent the money to the Internal Revenue Service, according to documents filed by the company in the Nevada Public Utilities Commission. The utility collected at least $126 million worth of income tax payments from companies in […]
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By Trevon Milliard, Reno Gazette-Journal Nevada parents will almost certainly have an unprecedented choice starting next school year, following the Legislature’s final approval of Senate Bill 302 on Friday. The choice: Parents can either keep their children in public school or pull them out and the state will hand them about $5,000 per child to […]
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Truckee and Placerville are the beneficiaries of some of the nearly $223 million the California Transportation Commission has allocated to 108 transportation projects. Thirty-seven biking and pedestrian projects throughout the state will receive nearly $10.3 million in allocations from the Active Transportation Program. Projects include $1.5 million for Truckee to add about 2,203 feet of […]
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By Leighton Woodhouse, New Republic Tucked in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains in Pasadena, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) looks and feels like a high-security college campus for engineering nerds. From the streetlight banners celebrating the latest satellite launch to the bungee rocket toys in the gift shop, the facility — which is formally […]
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By Phillip Reese and Dale Kasler, Sacramento Bee For a lone, lovely month, it hasn’t much felt like a drought in the Sierra Nevada. Rain and snow have fallen week after week during May in the high country. Temperatures have dropped below normal most days, reducing the amount of water lost to evaporation. Southern California […]
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By Kathryn Reed By filling the superintendent vacancy the Douglas County School District board created another. Teri White on May 28 was selected to replace Lisa Noonan as superintendent. White has worked for DCSD since last summer as director of human resources. “I love being part of a district that is as good as ours. […]
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Publisher’s note: This is one in a series of stories Lake Tahoe News will be running leading up to the 50th anniversary of South Lake Tahoe on Nov. 30. “He who has the gold, makes the rules.” – Michael Hotaling, Airport Master Plan consultant, at the March 16, 2015, public meeting By Joann Eisenbrandt […]
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By Kathryn Reed KINGS BEACH – Encouraging the removal of development from stream environmental zones is the impetus behind a pilot program that will give more value to tourist accommodation units. For months the Regional Plan Implementation Committee of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency has been working on what the pilot program should look like. […]
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By Jeff DeLong, Reno Gazette-Journal Recent rains have Lake Tahoe lapping at its natural rim and while it may stay there for a time, the lake should soon start dropping again during this year of drought. Thursday, the lake level was officially measured at just a few hundredths of an inch before its rim but […]
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