RENO- Col. Jeffrey Burkett, the Nevada Air Guard’s 152nd Airlift Wing Commander, will comment and answer military-related questions surrounding Master Sgt. Michael Landsberry, the Nevada Guard Airman who was a victim of the shooting at Sparks Middle School on Monday, today at noon at the Nevada Air National Guard base in Reno. WHAT: Military press […]
SAN FRANCISCO – Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the U.S. Supreme Court asking the court to review whether for-profit businesses may claim religious exemptions from a requirement under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that employee health plans cover contraception. Attorney General Harris’ brief urges the U.S. Supreme Court to […]
Carson City, NV – October 21, 2013, Governor Brian Sandoval this morning issued the following statement after learning of the shooting at Sparks Middle School: “I was deeply saddened to learn of the horrific shooting at Sparks Middle School this morning. My administration is receiving regular updates and the Nevada Highway Patrol is assisting at […]
South Lake Tahoe, CA (October 19, 2013) – On October 26th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the South Lake Tahoe Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will give the public its seventh opportunity in three years to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and […]
Washington, DC…”Hi everybody. This week, because Democrats and responsible Republicans came together, the government was reopened, and the threat of default was removed from our economy. There’s been a lot of discussion lately of the politics of this shutdown. But the truth is, there were no winners in this. At a time when our economy […]
South Lake Tahoe, CA…As part of an ongoing joint agency criminal investigation, Investigators of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, working in conjunction with Detectives from the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office and the South Lake Tahoe Police Department, identified and disrupted a residential burglary in progress occurring in Douglas County; resulting in the arrest of […]
Sacramento, CA…Yesterday, the Rural County Representatives of California (RCRC) urged Governor Jerry Brown to honor the State’s legal and financial obligations to counties as related to the Department of Fish and Wildlife’s (DFW) Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT). RCRC requests that the State include current and past due payments in the 2014-15 State budget […]
Sacramento – The California State Board of Equalization (BOE) will hold its annual meeting with the state’s 58 county assessors on October 22, 2013 in Redding. This annual meeting is held in conjunction with the 111th California Assessors’ Association Annual Conference. “California’s county assessors are vital partners in the work of property tax collection and […]
South Lake Tahoe, Calif. – The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU) is working to open many Forest Service-operated facilities and restore public services that had been suspended during the government shutdown, which ended October 17, 2013. “Realizing we’re near the end of our normal operating season in Lake Tahoe, we’re focusing […]
South Lake Tahoe, CA…U.S. Forest Service fuels management crews will conduct prescribed fire operations near the intersection of Pioneer Trail and Al Tahoe Boulevard beginning tomorrow, Friday, October 18, 2013. Crews expect to burn approximately one acre per day, weather and conditions permitting. Operations are expected to last through next week. Smoke will be visible. […]
