By Kathryn Reed Voters would approve a $55 million bond for Lake Tahoe Community College, according to a phone survey. Shakari Byerly, vice president of Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz & Associates, on Tuesday went over the survey results with the board of trustees. The survey was taken by 350 randomly selected voters between March 20 […]
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A Union Pacific cargo strain struck and killed a woman in Truckee on Wednesday. The victim’s name has not been released pending notification of family. Truckee police officers said the April 9 accident occurred underneath and east of the Highway 267 overpass. Witnesses are asked to call the Truckee Police Department at 530.550.2320. — Lake […]
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By Laura Myers, Las Vegas Review-Journal Gov. Brian Sandoval on Tuesday accused the Bureau of Land Management of violating Nevadans’ constitutional rights to protest a BLM roundup of cattle on federal land and slammed the agency for creating an “atmosphere of intimidation.” Sandoval called on the BLM to dismantle a so-called “First Amendment Area” the […]
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By Clifford Krauss, News York Times HOUSTON — As congressional pressure builds on the Obama administration to quicken gas exports to Europe to reduce its dependence on Russia, it may be tempting to gaze upon a marshy, alligator-infested Louisiana inlet of the Gulf of Mexico. There 3,000 workers are installing a huge set of turbines, […]
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By Linda Fine Conaboy Sometime soon, if family members have their way, the iconic cluster of buildings at the South Lake Tahoe Y known as the Barton Ranch will become nothing more than a heap of historic rubble. Slated for demolition are the barn, ranch house, guesthouses, cabin, cottage and shed. Even though the property […]
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The cause of a fire that completely destroyed a house in South Lake Tahoe in late January remains unknown. “We are investigating it as an arson. It has been characterized as suspicious,” South Lake Tahoe police Detective Jeff Roberson told Lake Tahoe News. His agency is working the investigation with Lake Valley Fire because South […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Despite the show of support from staff and board members, the news out of Whittell High School is not good. Student test scores are going down. Principal Crespin Esquivel delivered the numbers April 8 at the school board meeting. Math and reading scores have been tumbling at all grade levels […]
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By Tim Logan, Los Angeles Times The real estate market has long worked on a simple system: If you want to buy a new house, sell the old one and use the equity for a down payment. But the last few years of low ownership costs and rising rents have some move-up buyers trying a […]
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Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News asked the six El Dorado County supervisor candidates a series of questions. All are the same except for one that is specific to each candidate. The responses are being run in the order they were received by LTN. One candidate chose not to answer the questions. Name: Kevin Brown Age: […]
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Caltrans is closing a ramp and lanes this week on Highway 50 in Pollock Pines. Beginning Monday tonight, there will be on-ramp and off-ramp closures at Sly Park Road from 7pm-4pm Ramps won’t be closed concurrently, nor will they be closed the entire window of time approved. When the ramps are closed, highway message signs […]
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