By Colton Lochhead, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — Nevada’s fledgling marijuana industry has taken off significantly faster than state officials anticipated. Now state regulators are scrambling to catch up. Nevada Legislature’s Interim Finance Committee on Wednesday approved approximately $1.3 million in new funding for the Nevada Department of Taxation to help bolster staffing and […]
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By Tony Bizjak, Sacramento Bee Regional home prices hit 12-year highs last month, according to data, fueling a discussion of whether the area is experiencing a bubble that could burst. The median sales price in Sacramento County hit $360,000 in May, the highest price in any month since 2006, just before real estate prices […]
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By Associated Press Nevada’s top tax official says a U.S. Supreme Court ruling Thursday allowing states to require more online retailers to collect sales tax could bring in an extra $30 million a year for Nevada. The court’s 5-4 ruling was a big win for states who argued they were losing billions annually under old […]
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Liberty Utilities’ customers on both ends of the lake have been getting calls from scam artists. People are calling customers stating they are from Liberty Utilities and demanding cash payment to avoid shut off. These scammers are able to recite the customer’s entire account number. Liberty says it does not know how the account number […]
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By Kathryn Reed KINGS BEACH – Voters earlier this month infused the California Tahoe Conservancy budget with $27 million. This was through Proposition 68, which in total is a $4 billion bond for parks, environmental protection and restoration, water infrastructure, and flood protection. The CTC board on June 21 received an update about Proposition 68 […]
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By Ryan Sabalow, Dale Kasler and Tony Bizjak, Sacramento Bee It’s like a new city springing to life: 11,000 homes and apartments, three public schools, a pair of fire stations, a police station, a slew of office and commercial buildings and 1,000 acres of parks, trails and other open space. Expected population: 25,000. But will […]
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Harrah’s Lake TAhoe and Douglas County Sheriff’s Office employees recently teamed up to clean up the forested area behind the Stateline casinos. In years past homeless people have camped there illegally. Volunteers and DCSO SWAT members cleaned up the make-shift campsites which contained bedding, furniture, drug paraphernalia and rubbish. An illegal camping citation was issued […]
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El Dorado County health officials received confirmation June 22 that a bird found in the El Dorado Hills tested positive for West Nile virus. The songbird, was collected on June 13. So far this year, West Nile virus activity has been detected in 22 dead birds in California; El Dorado (2), San Mateo (2), Alameda […]
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Talks are under way to build 50 to 75 units at the Y in South Lake Tahoe. The California Tahoe Conservancy has been working with Sutter Capital Group, owners of the Crossing, to acquire neighboring CTC parcels. The two entitie sare in exclusive negotiations. In the next month CTC hopes to have a pre-application meeting […]
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By Susan Wood Interim City Manager Dirk Brazil sat across the table from citizens Wednesday for a fireside-type chat where he heard topics as diverse as the ones he’s faced in the two weeks of being on the job. South Lake Tahoe Mayor Wendy David introduced Brazil, who replaced former manager Nancy Kerry after a […]
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