By Kathryn Reed Last year Mount Tallac High School was run by a teacher on site, with the principal of South Tahoe High School the actual administrator. This year there is an administrator on campus. This has led the South Tahoe Educators Association to file an unfair labor practice charge with the Public Employees Relations […]
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By Joe Mozingo, Ari Bloomekatz and David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times In a significant policy shift by the Obama administration, Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. signaled Thursday that the federal government would no longer interfere in states that allowed commercial marijuana sales as long as they were strictly regulated. The move comes two years […]
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The Carson City man who was struck by a vehicle on Highway 50 in Stateline last month has died. Cody J. Dobson, 31, was hit Aug. 10 and died 13 days alter. No one has been arrested. “The family of Cody Dobson would like the driver of this crash to know a fatality has resulted […]
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As long as the Rim Fire continues to burn near Yosemite, the Lake Tahoe Basin and western Nevada are subject to smoky days. While mostly blue skies have returned this morning to the South Shore, the smell of smoke is more prevalent than it has been compared to the past couple days. The most impacted […]
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By Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee On Aug. 17, as the first calls for assistance came in from a fire 150 miles away near Yosemite, the ridgetop Interagency Command Center in Grass Valley was already at full throttle. A shared room for tactical supervisors of the U.S. Forest Service, CalFire and the state Office of Emergency […]
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Winds have shifted, making smoke less of an issue in the Lake Tahoe Basin. However, a dense smoke advisory remains in effect until 5 this afternoon for Alpine County and northern Mono County. On Saturday it was possible to see across the width of Lake Tahoe for the first time in about a week and […]
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By Sue Zeidler, Reuters MGM Resorts International is working with Nevada officials who are discussing banding together with New Jersey to create a joint online gaming market, CEO Jim Murren told Reuters in an interview. “I think it’s likely that in 2014 we’ll see a compact between New Jersey and Nevada,” Murren said in an […]
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By Paul Rogers, San Jose Mercury News Investigators searching for answers into what caused the massive wildfire burning in and around Yosemite National Park have made some headway, fire officials said Friday. Most authorities are mum about the details, but one fire official in Tuolumne County offered a tantalizing clue when he recently told a […]
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Updated 9:40am: While the air is clearing in the Lake Tahoe Basin, that is not the case for the entire region. A dense smoke advisory is in effect until 8 tonight for Douglas, Alpine, northern Mono counties. The National Weather Service in Reno says, “The density of smoke will depend on day-to-day output of smoke […]
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By Kathryn Reed TAHOE CITY – As Tahoe City celebrates its 150th anniversary this weekend, it’s not just one big party. Some serious philosophical discussions about the town’s future are going on. Tahoe City was once the gateway to Lake Tahoe. It was the transportation hub. It used to have an active nightlife. Now […]
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