By Kathryn Reed When South Lake Tahoe was incorporated in 1965 many of the roads were still dirt. The engineering at the time called for asphalt to be laid on top of the dirt. That’s not how things are done today, especially in an environment with a freeze-thaw cycle like Tahoe. Bad roads to begin […]
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By Scott Sonner, AP A judge cleared the way Thursday for Nevada to allow more businesses to move marijuana from growers to stores in an effort to keep up with overwhelming demand since recreational pot sales began last month. Carson City District Judge James Russell lifted an order blocking regulators from issuing pot distribution licenses […]
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By Beth J. Harpaz, AP International arrivals to the U.S. increased 2 percent in January 2017 compared with January 2016, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced Wednesday. The 5.6 million international visitors who arrived this past January represented the first monthly increase in inbound international visits to the U.S. since June 2016, the agency said […]
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By Richard N. Velotta Las Vegas Review-Journal Airline seat capacity has grown at Reno-Tahoe International Airport over the past 2½ years, but it still hasn’t reached levels prior to the Great Recession, the Nevada Commission on Tourism was told Wednesday. About 5 million seats are flown into the airport serving Reno on nine airlines from […]
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The eclipse glasses the Douglas County library handed out are being recalled. The vendor informed the library administration on Aug. 17 that it had “not received confirmation from the supplier of your order that they sourced the item from a recommended manufacturer. We recommend that you do not use this product to view the sun […]
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Squaw Valley Ski Holdings is appealing the decision by CalOSHA that found infractions at the ski resort after the death of ski patroller Joseph Zuiches. The state Occupational Safety and Health Administration this month said it was fining Squaw $11,250 for “failing to correct an identified unsafe working condition by implementing a procedure for protection […]
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By Kathryn Reed “It’s about finding opportunities and doing the work we know needs to be done.” This is how Bob Larsen with the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board summarized the ongoing efforts to reduce the pollutants reaching Lake Tahoe. Much of that is fine sediment that is washed into the lake, which then […]
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El Dorado Savings Bank’s second quarter profits were $723,944 above the same period a year ago, at $3,607,198. Earnings for the first half of 2017 totaled $6,581,965, compared to $6,465,488 in 2016. “The continued strong profits reflect the stable performance of the loan and investment portfolios,” CEO George L. Cook Jr. said in a statement. […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe City Attorney Tom Watson tendered his resignation Aug. 16, with his last day being at the end of September. Watson told council members he is leaving to become city attorney for Tracy. When he was hired in May 2013 he told Lake Tahoe News the Tahoe position was a […]
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By Esmeralda Bermudez, Corina Knoll and Anh Do, Los Angeles Times The backhoe crept into the graveyard as the city lay still. It had come for the 6-foot granite monument with the bronze plaque, a salute to the Confederate Army veterans interred below. Hollywood Forever Cemetery had housed the marker since 1925, but the recent […]
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