By Kathryn Reed INCLINE VILLAGE – In the last four years the amount of algae found in Lake Tahoe has dramatically increased. Why? Scientists are still trying to figure that out. Cells that are 5, 6, 7 microns in size that were not detected a decade ago are here. “For some reason they have exploded,” […]
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By David McGrath Schwartz, Las Vegas Sun Foreclosures in Nevada could spike next year if lawmakers and banks roll back a bill passed in 2011 that played a large role in stymieing banks’ attempts to retake homes from Nevadans, according to the state’s banking association president and housing analysts. But more foreclosures aren’t necessarily a […]
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By Karoun Demirjian, Las Vegas Sun The top policy-making senators on online poker are agreed: The chances that a federal online poker bill will pass before the end of 2012 are pretty much nil. “Two weeks before Christmas, without being vulgar, what the hell would I put it on?” Sen. Harry Reid said this week, […]
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By Sabrina Tavernise, New York Times PHILADELPHIA — After decades of rising childhood obesity rates, several American cities are reporting their first declines. The trend has emerged in big cities like New York and Los Angeles, as well as smaller places like Anchorage, Alaska, and Kearney, Neb. The state of Mississippi has also registered a […]
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A vehicle doing doughnuts at the magnet school in Meyers on Friday night lost control and took out the entire front wall of a kindergarten classroom. No one was injured in the 9:30pm Dec. 14 incident. According to Lake Tahoe Unified School District officials, the person was in the parking lot and and back field. […]
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A South Lake Tahoe man was killed and two others injured in an early morning traffic collision. A Honda Accord driven by Roberto Olazaba, 22, of South Lake Tahoe broadsided a GMC Yukon driven by Noe Corea, 26, of South Lake Tahoe, according to South Lake Tahoe police officers. William Olazaba, 26, was a passenger […]
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Many people along Ski Run Boulevard in South Lake Tahoe probably woke up to flashing clocks. This is because a vehicle took out a Liberty Utilities switch on Pioneer Trail and Ski Run at about 2:30am Saturday. Randy Kelly with the utility told Lake Tahoe News the vehicle was sitting on top of their equipment. […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – While a decision has yet to be made as to whether a loop road beyond what exists today in the Stateline area should or will ever be built, the choices are being narrowed. At a Dec. 13 meeting at Harveys there were six choices presented. This is down from the […]
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By Ashley Halsey III, Washington Post Deaths behind the wheel of an automobile fell last year to the lowest level since the Truman administration, but there was an increase in fatalities among bicyclists, pedestrians, motorcycle riders and big-rig truck drivers, according to federal figures released Monday. Overall, highway deaths dropped to 32,367, almost two percent […]
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Nevada Division of State Parks is looking for someone or a business to provide concessionaire services at Spooner Lake. Bike rental, bike shop operations, hiking supplies, cabin rentals, prepackaged food and drink sales, and shuttle services are what park officials want to provide. Winter operations would include snowshoes, cross country skis and other snow play […]
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