By Susan Wood It’s been hot this summer at Lake Tahoe – to the tune of fourth in ranking since records were taken 123 years ago at an average of 62.1 degrees. It ties with 1981’s figure. Keep in mind, this is the average from day to night. The record was set in 1988 at […]
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The Nevada Department of Transportation will begin a project Sept. 11 to enhance roadway drainage pipes on Kingsbury Grade. Between Sept. 11 and late summer 2018, single lane closures with a traffic flagger will periodically be in place on the Carson Valley side of Kingsbury Grade between mileposts 3 and 11. The single lane closures […]
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By Kathryn Reed Tests on the water of the Tahoe Keys canals continue to show blue-green algae, also known as cyanobacteria. The toxic algae have been in the lagoons of this South Lake Tahoe neighborhood since at least Aug. 11. “Based on the levels being detected in last week’s samples, coupled with the site-indicators present […]
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By Kathryn Reed While the 2017-18 budget is on Tuesday’s South Lake Tahoe council docket, an item tucked on the consent agenda may be the bigger news. Employees not represented by a union are voluntarily rejiggering how they get paid in an effort to save the city money and provide themselves with a cushion if […]
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By Paul Wiseman, AP The American workplace is grueling, stressful and hostile. So concludes an in-depth study of 3,066 U.S. workers by the Rand Corp., Harvard Medical School and UCLA. Among the findings: • Nearly 1 in 5 workers — a share the study calls “disturbingly high” — say they face a hostile or threatening […]
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Motorists can expect longer delays on a section of Highway 50 in South Lake Tahoe beginning next week because lane restrictions will be increased. Work has been suspended for the Labor Day weekend. Beginning Tuesday at 12:01am the contractor is permitted to reduce the highway to one open lane in each direction around the clock […]
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By Julie Carr Smyth and James Anderson, AP Nevada’s Brian Sandoval is part of a bipartisan group of governors urging Congress to retain the federal health care law’s individual mandate while seeking to stabilize individual insurance markets as legislators continue work on a long-term replacement law. The recommendation spearheaded by Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a […]
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The Slinkard Fire is estimated to be 9,00 acres with 12 percent containment as of early Friday night. Topaz has been evacuated north of Highway 89 to the Nevada state line. For public safety, Highway 89 remains closed between highways 395 and 4 (at Monitor Pass). Highway 395 is closed from the junction of Highway […]
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Caltrans has received several complaints about the pedestrian hybrid beacon installed at Camp Richardson on Highway 89. The perception has been that the beacon is causing major weekend backups. The beacon will remain active this weekend and until further notice. Caltrans conducted a two-day study on July 21-22 and determined the beacon isn’t a major […]
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By Kathryn Reed Calstar’s helicopter at Lake Tahoe Airport has been grounded for more than two weeks and there is no date on the horizon when it will be flying again. “We are unable to efficiently and effectively communicate in that region because of the radios. We won’t fly without good communications,” Anna Blair, vice […]
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