Part of Highway 50 will be officially dedicated as the Michael “Mikey” Hallenbeck Memorial Highway on Oct. 14 at 1pm. The 21-year-old Hallenbeck died in August 2015 fighting the Sierra Fire near Sierra-at-Tahoe. He was a wildland firefighter with the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit. He also worked at the ski resort. Two highway signs […]
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By Associated Press The latest on wildfires in California as of Oct. 12 at 6:15pm: Northern California’s wildfires have now killed 31 people — making this the deadliest week of wildfires in state history. Sonoma County Sheriff Robert Giordano said Thursday night that two more people have been confirmed dead there. That raises the statewide […]
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Two fires continue to burn in El Dorado County. The Table Fire as of 6:30pm Oct. 12 was 170 acres and 15 percent contained. It is burning three miles northeast of Ice House Reservoir. “The fire is in a sheltered location so the predicted winds on Saturday are not expected to have a significant effect,” […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal There’s enough wildfire activity in California and Nevada to blanket much of both states with a layer of smoke in the coming days. In California alone more than 140,000 acres are burning in large, wildland fires throughout the state. A fire in rough terrain near Reno is also contributing to smoke in […]
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U.S. Bank wants nothing more to do with Patty Olson. Olson, a pioneer in South Lake Tahoe, has been embroiled in various lawsuits and land disputes regarding her property in town. She owns the strip mall where the lone medical marijuana shop operates in South Lake Tahoe. Court documents state, “Debtor [Olson] has consistently overdrawn […]
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By Kathryn Reed Tahoe Transportation District on Friday is expected to enter agreements with Heavenly Mountain Resort and Ridge Tahoe for those entities to pay more money for bus service. These two are the main private partners affiliated with the South Shore bus service. The TTD board will meet Oct. 13 at 9:30am at the […]
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By Emily Cadei, Sacramento Bee Washington It’s a rare point of bipartisan agreement in divided Washington: The federal system for funding firefighting is broken, and that’s hurting our ability to prevent fires from breaking out in the first place. But lawmakers are at a loggerheads over how to fix the problem, a split that breaks […]
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By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — Gov. Brian Sandoval said Tuesday he disagrees with Attorney General Adam Laxalt’s proposal to eliminate the commerce tax. Sandoval responded to a report in the Nevada Independent that Laxalt, expected to announce a bid for governor in the coming weeks, wants to repeal the levy […]
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By Kathryn Reed While a contract has not been signed, most of the particulars have been worked out to ensure SnowGlobe, the three-day music festival, returns to South Lake Tahoe in December. Lake Tahoe Community College is having a different role this year compared to the past. No longer will buildings on campus be used […]
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Douglas County School District’s board of education wants professional input regarding what do with the shuttered Kingsbury Middle School site. While the district is in the process of getting it reappraised, and that information should be available by the end of the month, selling the property might not be the only option. When the board […]
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