As part of Placer County’s long-term planning, the Department of Facility Services and the County Executive Office work on parallel tracks regarding future county needs for space. Facility Services updates the Comprehensive Facilities Master Plan. The Executive Office updates the Capital Facilities Financing Plan. At its regularly scheduled meeting this week, the Placer County Board […]
South Lake Tahoe, Calif. –The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU) will begin a project to eradicate, control, and contain known and future infestations of “invasive weeds” using chemical treatment. Work will occur Monday, August 8 through Thursday, August 11, 2011. An Environmental Assessment released by the Forest Service last year identified […]
Washington, DC…Tonight, President Obama spoke in support of a bipartisan deal to reduce the nation’s deficit and avoid default. It extends the debt limit to 2013, removing the cloud of uncertainty over our economy and ensuring that no one will be able to use the threat of default now or in only a few months […]
CARSON CITY, NV – Governor Brian Sandoval today announced he has appointed David Noble to a position as Commissioner of the Public Utilities Commission. Sandoval also reappointed Rebecca Wagner. “David’s experience as a Utilities Hearing Officer and as Assistant General Counsel to the PUC has prepared him well for the work ahead,” Governor Sandoval said. […]
Want to know the latest big news coming out of the County? Katy Simon, our Washoe County Manager, publishes a regular update to the website and through email. The Manager’s eUpdate contains news and information about some of the big projects and activities the County’s undertaking on your behalf. You can read the newsletter online […]
The Placer County Board of Supervisors, at its regularly scheduled Tahoe area meeting on July 26, 2011, heard updated information regarding the proposed Eastern Placer County Biomass Project. The Strategic Plan for the Wildfire Protection and Biomass Utilization was adopted by the Board of Supervisors in 2007, and its goals are to: Reduce the risk […]
WASHINGTON — As more customers choose to conduct their postal business online, on their smart phones and at their favorite shopping destinations, the need for the U.S. Postal Service to maintain its nearly 32,000 retail offices — the largest retail network in the country — diminishes. To that end, the U.S. Postal Service announced today […]
Washington, DC..For years, the government has spent more money than it takes in. The result is a lot of debt on our nation’s credit card – debt that unless we act will weaken our economy, cause higher interest rates for families, and force us to scale back things like education and Medicare. Now, folks in […]
Pending confirmation by the Board of County Commissioners, the Sparks Justice Court will be closed on Mondays beginning Monday, August 15. Sparks Justice Court will go to a 4 day-a-week, 9-hour schedule, with the staff working from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and taking only a half-hour lunch. While the Court had considered many other […]
Morrisville, N.C. – The Linda S. Carter Award for Excellence in Government was presented to Washoe County, Nev., Recorder Kathy Burke, at the Annual Conference of the National Association of County Recorders, Election Officials and Clerks (NACRC) on July 16 in Portland, Ore. The Linda S. Carter Award for Excellence in Government was established by […]
