Changes are coming to the Incline Village substation of the Washoe County Sheriff’s Department. It will no longer be led by a lieutenant as of Feb. 19. However, a sergeant and four deputies will continue work from the Tahoe facility. The change is for financial reasons. — Lake Tahoe News staff report
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People have until March 7 to comment on the mitigated negative declaration for the Sierra Boulevard Complete Streets Project in South Lake Tahoe. The document is available online. This project consists of planning, design, and permitting for full rehabilitation of Sierra Boulevard, an approximately 0.63-mile long arterial road. Sierra Boulevard will serve as a tie […]
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By Kathryn Reed The future of recreational marijuana and even expanded medicinal offerings in South Lake Tahoe remains hazy. It might become a littler clearer after Tuesday’s cannabis workshop being led by the City Council. The focus is on retail sales in the city limits. The meeting begins at 5pm Feb. 20 at Tahoe Beach […]
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By Matt Weiser, Water Deeply Cloud seeding has become big business worldwide as a means to boost water supplies. Utilities and governments spend tens of millions of dollars on the process, which is especially common in Western states that rely on winter snowpack to meet year-round water demand. The basic process involves spraying silver iodide […]
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By Yvonne Gonzalez, Las Vegas Sun President Trump rolled out his budget proposal this week, reiterating some unfulfilled objectives from his first budget and reaffirming his priorities. The $4.4 trillion 2019 budget rolls back Medicaid funding and Obamacare provisions impacting older adults. Among the expenditures: $716 billion for national defense spending and money for a […]
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By Kathryn Reed MEYERS – The conversation has not changed. Proponents: Vacation home rentals are a fact of life in a tourist town. Opponents: VHRs ruin neighborhoods. This week Sue Novasel and Mike Ranalli, the two El Dorado County supervisors who make up the ad hoc VHR committee, got an earful from people about the […]
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By Kenzie Bales, KRNV-TV The Nevada Department of Transportation is planning a major fencing project along Highway 50 in Dayton in hopes of preventing vehicle and wildlife collisions. Spokeswoman Meg Ragonese says the project tentatively planned for late fall 2018 or early spring 2019 will include approximately 10 additional miles of wildlife fencing from Stagecoach […]
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By Lake Tahoe News Starting this summer there should be a whole lot less Styrofoam in South Lake Tahoe. The City Council this month gave direction to staff to come back with an ordinance that would limit the use of polystyrene by businesses in town. The product, which does not decompose, not only adds to […]
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By Paul Rogers, Bay Area News Group As California suffers through another dry winter, increasing fears that drought conditions may be returning, the state’s residents are dropping conservation habits that were developed during the last drought and steadily increasing their water use with each passing month. A new analysis of state water records by this […]
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Placerville-based El Dorado Savings Bank reported after tax earnings for 2017 of $13,915,922. This is an increase from earnings of $12,981,836 in 2016. El Dorado ended the year with assets of $2,173,437,132, a $62 million increase from year-end 2016, and savings deposits rose by $50.2 million during 2017. “The continued strong performance of the bank’s […]
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