By Laura Cole, CBS-13 The campaign for a water district seat is generating controversy after a mailer was linked to a developer whose address happens to be a building owned by the county. It’s not too often a little-watched race for the El Dorado Irrigation District makes news, but a flyer sent to voters’ homes […]
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While third quarter home sales in the Lake Tahoe Basin surged, the federal government shutdown could bring those numbers down this quarter. Ninety percent of the Federal Housing Administration has been furloughed. FHA-approved loans account for about one-third of the loans. The IRS doesn’t have the staff to verify income. Cash sales won’t be impacted. […]
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Stormwater and height issues prevented South Lake Tahoe Councilwoman JoAnn Conner from voting for two items related to the tourist core area plan. “My biggest concern is they have not addressed stormwater,” Conner told Lake Tahoe News after the item was discussed last week. “And people don’t want three-, four-, five-story buildings down the highway.” […]
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By Marc Fisher and Holly Yeager, Washington Post The reality of the government shutdown is finally hitting Americans who don’t get their paychecks from Uncle Sam. In Pittsburgh, Tim Russell was on the cusp of living his dream: After two years of work, after lining up federal and state licenses and buying equipment to make […]
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By Kathryn Reed Tahoe Verde mobile home park residents must feel like they are living in a bit of a time warp. The topic of rental control is back. In 2007 and 2008 occupants of the more than 200 units were in a dispute with the owners at the time that escalated to the South […]
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A kayaking excursion on Lake Tahoe ended with one person being treated for hypothermia at Barton Memorial Hospital. “A male subject was lying on top of the overturned kayak and he appeared to be in medical distress and almost lifeless,” the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department’s Oct. 10 press release reads. The incident occurred Oct. […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Tahoe High School math instructor Paul Kushner returned to the classroom Thursday after being off for five days while the district investigated what websites he had been looking at while at school and on the district’s computer. “Appropriate disciplinary action was taken,” Jim Tarwater, Lake Tahoe Unified School district superintendent, told […]
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Bonds on the 10-year-old South Lake Tahoe parking garage are going to be refinanced. While the interest rate will be lower, the payment date will be extended another 10 years from the original 30-year end date. However, financial experts have told the city it’s possible the debt could be paid off in 20 years. And […]
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By Anjeanette Damon and Andrew Doughman, Las Vegas Sun CARSON CITY — Gov. Brian Sandoval said Wednesday Nevada is in danger of “catastrophic” consequences if the federal government shutdown persists until the end of the month. Most state agencies are able to continue federal programs until the end of the month, Sandoval was told in […]
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By Richard Perez-Pena, New York Times American adults lag well behind their counterparts in most other developed countries in the mathematical and technical skills needed for a modern workplace, according to a study released Tuesday. The study, perhaps the most detailed of its kind, shows that the well-documented pattern of several other countries surging past […]
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