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Agricultural dome being considered for Truckee Elementary School
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 01/16/2013 - 12:44pmTRUCKEE, Calif. - A greenhouse filled with rows of plump tomatoes, hardy spinach and other fruits and vegetables isn't only a place of agriculture, but an outdoor classroom.As a way to enhance l...
Sandoval to release Nevada budget today
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 01/16/2013 - 12:41pmGov. Brian Sandoval is scheduled to give his second State of the State address to lawmakers at 6 p.m. today, outlining his goals for Nevada and a proposed $6 billion-plus state spending plan for th...
Obama unveils $500 million gun violence package
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 01/16/2013 - 12:33pmWASHINGTON (AP) - Braced for a fight, President Barack Obama on Wednesday unveiled the most sweeping proposals for curbing gun violence in two decades, pressing a reluctant Congress to pass univers...
Vail Resorts trims fiscal 2013 profit forecast
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 01/16/2013 - 12:18pmBROOMFIELD, Colo. (AP) - Vail Resorts Inc. is trimming its profit forecast for fiscal 2013, after reporting weak snowfall through mid-December at its Colorado ski resorts.The company said Tuesday t...
World warm last year, but not like record US heat
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 01/16/2013 - 12:13pmWASHINGTON (AP) - While the U.S. was smashing heat marks last year, the world as a whole barely slipped into the top 10 hottest years on record, two American science agencies said Tuesday.The globa...
ER visits tied to energy drinks double since 2007
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 01/16/2013 - 12:07pmSAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A new government survey suggests the number of people seeking emergency treatment after consuming energy drinks has doubled nationwide during the past four years, the same peri...
Lake schools augment, enhance school security
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 01/16/2013 - 6:00amSouth Shore schools on both sides of Stateline continue to refine security plans a month after the Connecticut shooting that left 26 people dead.
Education Roundup: Grant to help library selection grow
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 01/16/2013 - 6:00amReading is a religion for South Tahoe High School junior Kora Link. So it was only natural that she thank the South Tahoe Rotary Club for helping fund the school's library in person. The rotary ...
Cardiologist to talk about living at higher elevations
Submitted by admin on Wed, 01/16/2013 - 3:00amWhy should MLK, Presidents Day, Columbus Day and the like be recognized?
Submitted by admin on Wed, 01/16/2013 - 1:59amNevada Gov. Sandoval declares 'State of Emergency' citing extreme cold in Silver State
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 01/15/2013 - 9:04pm
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval declared a state of emergency Tuesday, citing extreme winter conditions in the Silver and prolonged periods of freezing temperatures that have increased the demand for propane in the Nevada.
“The declaration is a precautionary measure to ensure propane truck operators can support the needs of Nevada citizens during this prolonged cold weather pattern,” Sandoval said.
Brown presses for efficiencies at California’s universities
Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/15/2013 - 5:15pmHouse approves $50.7 billion in superstorm aid
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 01/15/2013 - 4:39pmWASHINGTON - More than 10 weeks after Superstorm Sandy brutalized parts of the heavily populated Northeast, the House approved $50.7 billion in emergency relief for the victims Tuesday night as Rep...
Systems fixed after pipes burst at Tahoe casinos
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 01/15/2013 - 2:34pmRENO, Nev. (AP) - Fire officials restored all the fire protection systems at four Lake Tahoe casinos after sub-zero temperatures caused pipes to freeze and break at each of the high rises on Tahoe'...
Sandy aid package moving toward House votes
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 01/15/2013 - 12:20pmWASHINGTON - The House moved toward action Tuesday on a $50.7 billion Superstorm Sandy aid package that Northeast lawmakers hoped could be approved despite attempts by fiscal conservatives to elimi...
Facebook unveils social search feature
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 01/15/2013 - 12:06pmMENLO PARK, Calif. - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled a new search feature on Tuesday in the company's first staged event at its Menlo Park, Calif., headquarters since its May initial public o...
Bitter cold grips Nevada; damages fruit harvest in Calif.
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 01/15/2013 - 11:01amWeather forecasters warned Northern Nevadans to brace for more bitter cold as the temperature dropped to a record minus 24 in Ely early Monday and is expected to continue most of the week.In Car...
El Dorado County decommissions old Web address
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 01/15/2013 - 10:04amThe El Dorado County Information Technologies Department announced that it will no longer maintain an older version of its website address. The website address www.co.el-dorado.ca.us will be decommissioned on January 31. The county’s current website address, www.edcgov.us, will remain unchanged.
“We actually switched to the ‘edcgov.us’ address a couple of years ago because it was shorter and easier to communicate,” said David Russell, Assistant Director of Information Technologies. “We continued to maintain the old web address in case our website visitors weren’t aware of the change.”
Nevada tries to 'Kap-italize' on famous alum
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 01/15/2013 - 10:00amRENO, Nev. (AP) - Nevada athletic officials are trying to capitalize on "Kap" mania.Ex-Wolf Pack quarterback Colin Kaepernick has the San Francisco 49ers one win away from their first Super Bowl si...
Bitter cold bursts pipes, floods Tahoe casino
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 01/15/2013 - 9:58amSTATELINE, Nev. (AP) - Lake Tahoe casinos are cleaning up after plunging temperatures did a number on their sprinkler pipes.Tahoe-Douglas Fire Marshal Eric Geuvin says crews started responding to f...
Cold still threatens Calif. crops but it's easing
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 01/15/2013 - 9:56amFRESNO, Calif. (AP) - A cold snap that has California farmers struggling to protect a $1.5 billion citrus crop has slowly started to ease, though frigid temperatures were still the norm Tuesday mor...
Tahoe emerges from the Time Capsule
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 01/15/2013 - 5:10amLake Tahoe’s new regional plan can be viewed many ways — an act of self-preservation, a pendulum swing in planning, a plea for private investment. But what it seeks to do is indisputable — to re-engineer Tahoe development into denser town centers with taller buildings and more coverage.
The policies and development incentives in the new Tahoe regional plan intend to crack the Tahoe time capsule that has kept the Basin’s town centers in stasis for the past 30-plus years.
USGS officials to give lecture on ARkStorm potential at Tahoe
Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/15/2013 - 1:35amOpinion: Demography underlies big issues in California
Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/15/2013 - 12:05amFrozen pipes cause damage at 4 Stateline casinos
Submitted by admin on Mon, 01/14/2013 - 8:45pm
After three days of record-breaking low temperatures, many pipes in the Lake Tahoe Basin had enough and started doing some breaking of their own.
Ash believed to be the cause of Saturday house fire
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 01/14/2013 - 5:28pmWood ash left on a deck is believed to be the cause of a fire in Pioneer Village Saturday.South Lake Tahoe firefighters and police responded to reports of a structure fire in the neighborhood about...
Official: One hurt in West Shore Lake Tahoe house fire
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 01/14/2013 - 5:13pmTAHOE CITY, Calif. - One person suffered minor injuries in an early Sunday morning fire that destroyed a home near Lake Tahoe's West Shore, an official said Monday.Crews with the North Tahoe Fire P...
Full moon ski, dinner benefits Winter Discovery Center
Submitted by admin on Mon, 01/14/2013 - 2:45pmBitter cold grips West; citrus and lettuce damaged
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 01/14/2013 - 2:57pmFRESNO, Calif. (AP) - As an unusual cold spell gripped parts of the West for a fifth day, some California citrus growers reported damage to crops and an agriculture official said national prices on...
