About three dozen marijuana plants were seized from a South Lake Tahoe residence this week, one person was arrested and a dog was shot. The Rottweiler-pit bull mix seized the arm of an officer, but did not wound him. The dog ran off after being shot. It was eventually caught and taken to a vet […]
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Little snow equated to declining revenues for Stateline casinos in January. The Nevada Gaming Control Board on Friday released the revenue numbers for the first month of the year. Statewide revenues dropped 2.76 percent to $884.2 million compare to 2013. Stateline revenues fell 12 percent to $15 million. Washoe County numbers were up 1 percent […]
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By Kathryn Reed A greenbelt going behind McDonald’s and CVS at the Y in South Lake Tahoe. Another on the other side of Highway 50. Both being multidimensional by being stormwater basins, greenways and recreation conduits. Those are ideas being floated in the Tahoe Valley Area Plan. More than 60 people interested in what South […]
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By Philip Ross, International Business Times Canadian ecologist Patrick Moore, known as one of the co-founders of the activist group Greenpeace, has a history of sharply dissenting from policies supported by major environmental groups, including the one he helped create. Moore’s latest departure is to assert that climate change, particularly the gradual warming of Earth’s […]
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Updated Feb. 27 10pm: No one was injured when an avalanche struck Kirkwood Mountain Resort on Thursday. Resort officials said the avalanche was 50-yards-long and about as wide. It happened in the Eagle Bowl area in the late morning Feb. 27. Four people were in the area, but no one was injured, according to the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Maybe the Department of Water Resources ought to schedule snow surveys more often because snow fell each of the last two times. While every drop of moisture helps, California is not likely to get out of its drought this season. Still, things are slightly improved, but still worrisome. Statewide, the water content […]
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By Kathryn Reed A million dollar truck is rolling around South Lake Tahoe. It’s the fire department’s ladder truck. The old ladder truck was so decrepit it was taken out of service in 2012. The city has possession of the new one, but a few things still need to be done before it hits the […]
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Surf Air, the nation’s first all-you-can-fly private membership airline, will expand its service to Truckee beginning May 2, pending government approval. Service to Truckee from San Carlos will be available on weekends only. Connecting flights will be available for members traveling to and from Burbank, Hawthorne and Santa Barbara airports. Surf Air started last year […]
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A snow on rain event overnight is making for slushy conditions on roads. It also means Zephyr Cove and Whittell High schools are closed for the day. A winter weather advisory remains in effect for the Lake Tahoe Basin until 10 Thursday morning. Another 2 to 4 inches could fall in the basin, with 6 […]
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By Kathryn Reed MEYERS – “The catalyst project is dead. You have my word on it. If you want, I’ll put it in writing.” That’s how El Dorado County Supervisor Norma Santiago started Wednesday night’s meeting about the Meyers Area Plan. It ended with local resident Steve Bannar pointing out the good aspects of Meyers, […]
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