By Susan Wood Water agencies are pressing forward on a proposed work plan designed to outline how to eliminate the contaminant PCE from groundwater near the Y in South Lake Tahoe. Richard Solbrig, South Tahoe Public Utility District general manager, gave his board an update Sept. 21 on treatment of a toxic plume known for […]
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Douglas County sheriff’s investigators are looking for a man they believe to be responsible for a rash of burglaries in the Lower Kingsbury Grade area. The man’s name is Peter Quillian. No precise description was provided. Anyone with information about Quillian’s whereabouts is asked to call 775.782.5126. — Lake Tahoe News staff report
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By Kathryn Reed Maybe if seat belts had been mandatory in the 1960s a 29-year-old Lake Valley firefighter would not have died. The July 9, 1964, Tahoe Daily Tribune had a story about Larry Stewart who was a passenger in a pumper tanker driven by James Stephens. They were on their way to a fire […]
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By Scott Sonner, AP RENO — Scientists at a Nevada earthquake lab on Wednesday tested new bridge designs with connectors they say are innovative and created to better withstand violent temblors and speed reconstruction efforts after major quake damage. UNR engineers performed the experiments on a giant “shake table” to simulate violent motions of an […]
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The motorcyclist who died last weekend in Hope Valley has been identified as Charleen Blackburn. The 64-year-old South Lake Tahoe woman was turning onto Highway 89 from Highway 88 on Sept. 17 when she was struck by a vehicle. The driver was not able to break in time to avoid hitting the rider who turned […]
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By Ray Hagar, Nevada Newsmakers State Sen. Tick Segerblom, D-Las Vegas, predicted this week on Nevada Newsmakers that Nevada will soon have home delivery of recreational marijuana. Segerblom, who helped guide regulations of Nevada’s medical and recreational marijuana industries through the Legislature, said home deliveries will begin soon after the state enacts permanent regulations next […]
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By Adina Solomon, Washington Post Sara Moran’s closet in her Colonial house, built in 1920, once served as a nursery for a past homeowner. But Moran and her husband don’t need that nursery. They have no plans to extend beyond the confines of their two bedrooms and small yard in Stratford, Conn. The fertility rate […]
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By Hudson Sangree, Sacramento Bee More homes were sold across the four-county Sacramento region this summer than in any similar period since the peak of the housing bubble in 2005, CoreLogic reported Wednesday. In the Sacramento suburbs, El Dorado County’s median sale price for new and existing homes in August was $483,000, up 16 percent […]
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A parolee from South Lake Tahoe who was wanted on a misdemeanor warrant from Stateline was arrested on felony charges this week in Douglas County. Deputies stopped Ray Brashears, 33,on Sept. 19 at about 9pm while he was driving in Minden. “DCSO K-9 Bak was used and he alerted to methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia from […]
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Westbound Interstate 80 is closed Thursday afternoon because of a 16-vehicle fatal accident. Other injuries have been reported. The freeway is closed at Eagle Lakes. Traffic is being turned around at Kingvale. Snow has closed Ebbetts (Highway 4), Tioga (Highway 120) and Sonora (Higjway 108) passes. Residents on Upper Kingsbury Grade woke up to a […]
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