By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe’s finances are stable today. Look again in November and it may be a completely different story. That will be one of the messages delivered Tuesday by Debbie McIntyre, the city’s finance director, when she goes over the midyear budget with the City Council. What could change in seven months […]
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By Somini Sengupta, New York Times UNITED NATIONS — Nuclear weapons? Famine? Civil war? Nope. The United Nations secretary general, António Guterres, on Thursday called climate change “the most systemic threat to humankind” and urged world leaders to curb their countries’ greenhouse gas emissions. He didn’t say much, though, about the one world leader who […]
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An Elk Grove man died Thursday snowmobiling near Spooner Summit. Thomas Korves, 56, was found deceased beneath his sled. Douglas County investigators said, “Thomas had been attempting to ride up a steep hill when he turned at an angle, causing the snowmobile to flip and pin him underneath.” He and a friend had been riding […]
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By Arthur Kane, Las Vegas Review-Journal Cryptocurrency promises benefits for Nevada’s most regulated industries — marijuana and gaming. Proponents say bitcoin’s blockchain technology could help marijuana businesses track sales and inventory, and bitcoin helps big gamblers export their money from countries that limit the movement of cash. But nearly a decade after bitcoin was created, […]
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By Frederick A. Steinmann, Reno Gazette-Journal During the region’s last drought from 2015 to 2017, area lakes and reservoirs nearly ran dry; ski seasons started late and ended early; hotel rooms in the Lake Tahoe and Reno-Sparks areas remained vacant; and farmers and ranchers saw their crop yields and herd levels plummet. While the region’s […]
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By Kathryn Reed It will take the will of community members to make the Lake Tahoe Humane Society relevant, solvent and functioning without a cloud of distrust. Today it is teetering on becoming just a memory. A handful of people gathered Thursday at the South Lake Tahoe office of the 51-year-old nonprofit, begging the board […]
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By Evan Halper, Los Angeles Times The Trump administration is poised to abandon America’s pioneering fuel economy targets for cars and SUVs, a move that would undermine one of the world’s most aggressive programs to confront climate change and invite another major confrontation with California. The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to announce in the […]
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By Jenny Kane, Reno Gazette-Journal Burning Man tickets disappeared on Wednesday faster than untethered tents in a playa dust storm. The 2018 Burning Man event presumably sold out 26,000 main sale tickets within a half hour, as purchasers began receiving notices that tickets were no longer available, though some vehicle passes were left. Burning Man, which attracts 68,000 […]
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By Colton Lochhead, Las Vegas Review-Journal A public employee’s personal devices are open to public inspection under the state’s public records laws, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled on Thursday. “We conclude that the (Nevada Public Records Act) does not categorically exempt public records maintained on private devices or servers from disclosure,” Justice Michael Cherry wrote […]
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To address Truckee’s sustainability goals, programs will be introduced to residents within the incorporated area beginning this summer with the goal of eliminating the need for residents to purchase recycling and yard waste plastic bags, preventing recycling contamination, and increasing the amount of materials that can be recycled. To participate, Truckee residents must opt in […]
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