By Natalie Bruzda, Las Vegas Review-Journal The Nevada bar exam is notoriously one of the most difficult tests in the nation for aspiring lawyers, but that reputation could soon be dismissed as state officials tinker with the test to make it easier. The first changes occurred about a month ago, when the Nevada Supreme Court […]
Read moreBy Kathryn Reed State law has been changed to allow elected officials to serve on the California Tahoe Conservancy board. Late last year it was brought to light that Government Code pertaining to just this state conservancy prevented elected officials from being on the board. The CTC, though, since its inception in 1985 had allowed […]
Read moreBy Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal Add unlucky play to the list of financial struggles Caesars Entertainment is undergoing. The Las Vegas-based company, operators of nine Las Vegas properties and in the midst of emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, reported huge losses — but not as bad as in the second quarter of […]
Read moreBy Jenny Kane, Reno Gazette-Journal The Nevada side of Lake Tahoe is finally diving into recreational marijuana sales this week while the California side waits patiently on the opposite shore. NuLeaf, a medical marijuana dispensary that opened its Incline Village location in July last year, will be the first Tahoe-area dispensary to sell recreational marijuana products starting […]
Read moreThe man who drowned last weekend at Sand Harbor has been identified as Jose Partida, 27, of Sparks. The official cause of death was accidental drowning. Partida was swimming around the a rocks in the late afternoon of July 29. He was brought to shore but unable to be revived. — Lake Tahoe News staff […]
Read moreBy Kathryn Reed The validity of a contract between Alpine County and South Tahoe Public Utility District as well as the amount of money involved in the document were the subject of a grand jury investigation in the last year. The 2016-17 Alpine County Grand Jury report that came out this summer concluded that the […]
Read moreBy Lizzie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle High school students toting both textbooks and newborns are becoming increasingly rare. But a Trump administration proposal to rewrite federal birth control mandates could soon change that, some medical experts fear. The teenage birth rate in the United States has hit an all-time low after nearly three decades of […]
Read moreThe Ranch Fire that burned more than 140 acres in El Dorado County’s wine country was human caused. According to CalFire, a person was cited and educated after it was determined he was grinding metal near dry grass, which sparked the blaze. The fire, which is 100 percent contained, started July 26 on Ranch Camp […]
Read moreTwo people died Thursday morning in a sky diving accident at the Minden airport. Guide Ashlie Caceras, 43, of Lodi and David Becker, 21, of Sankt Martin, Germany, were tandem skydiving. Douglas County sheriff’s Deputy Jim Halsey told Lake Tahoe News the cause of accident is under investigation. His department and the FAA are involved. […]
Read moreBy Dale Kasler, Carolyn Wilke and Ryan Sabalow, Sacramento Bee Tiny frogs and toads used to swarm over the Sierra Nevada. Now, the government says nearly 2 million acres of land needs to be preserved to prevent them from going extinct. California ranchers and logging groups say those protections are hurting their ability to make […]
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