By Kathryn Reed A judge on Monday sided with the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency in a lawsuit that would have unraveled the bi-state regulatory agency’s Regional Plan that was adopted in December 2012. In February 2013, the Sierra Club and Friends of the West Shore filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Sacramento to […]
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By Tom Knudson, Sacramento Bee LOS BANOS — Flat as a tabletop, the furrowed, brown farm fields east of this San Joaquin Valley town are some of the most productive on Earth. Every spring, they are planted with a smorgasbord of crops that in one form or another are trucked to grocery stores across America, […]
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A Fallon man died Sunday when the motorcycle he was riding stuck a guardrail. Nevada Highway Patrol troopers said James Edward Cooper, 67, was on Highway 341 near Virginia City on April 6 at 12:50pm when he failed to make a turn and hit the rail. “Mr. Cooper was ejected from the motorcycle where he […]
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By Matt Ferner, Huffington Post By a wide margin, Americans believe that alcohol is more dangerous to a person’s health and to society in general than marijuana, according to a Pew study released Wednesday. When asked whether marijuana or alcohol would be more harmful to personal health, if marijuana were as widely available as alcohol, […]
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By Kathryn Reed Avoiding Tahoe Keys Boulevard this summer might make for a better driving experience. Gerhardt & Berry Construction out of Sparks will begin a water line replacement project the first week of May that could take all summer. The South Tahoe Public Utility District board last week awarded the $3,346,572.70 bid. Nine bids […]
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A Southern California man died Sunday at Northstar. Marc L. Coleman, 67, of Van Nuys could not be revived at the Truckee at resort. “Deputy coroners on scene determined this to be an apparent accidental ski death, although an autopsy may be pending,” Placer County sheriff’s deputies said in a statement. “Initial reports stated ski […]
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By Melissa Mylchreest, High Country News Each year, wildfires claim hundreds of homes throughout the West in what’s known as the wildland-urban interface. This issue roars into the national spotlight every summer as footage of engulfed subdivisions flickers on TVs across the country. National fire suppression budgets reach into the billions of dollars every year, […]
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By Jann Swanson, Mortgage News Daily Vacation home purchases recovered strongly in 2013, helping to offset some of the inevitable flagging interest in investment purchases the National Association of Realtors said last week. NAR’s 2014 Investment and Vacation Home Buyers Survey shows an increase in vacation-home sales during the year of 29.7 percent. There were […]
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Camilyn Kay Price-Miller of South Lake Tahoe has been found alive and safe. She had been reported missing on April 4 by South Lake Tahoe police officers. She contacted police April 5 when she learned people were looking for her. It is not known where she had been. Her husband, Jeffrey Miller, remains in custody […]
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By Cy Ryan, Las Vegas Sun CARSON CITY – Internet poker hasn’t proved so far to be the bonanza some had hoped for. The first monthly report on online poker gaming win showed it exceeded only bingo compared to other casino games, slot machines and sports betting. The state Gaming Control Board this week approved […]
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