Washington, DC…Earlier this week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed House Amendment 554 by Representative Tom McClintock (R-CA). This amendment added language to HR 2954, a wider public lands package, that would expedite the post-Rim Fire timber salvage process on federal Forest Service lands around, but not within the boundaries of, Yosemite National Park. The […]
Sacramento, CA…The Rural County Representatives of California (RCRC) extends its thanks to U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer for passing the Farm Bill Conference Report (Farm Bill) in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday. Through the passage of the Farm Bill, federal Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) funding is now officially extended for FY […]
Mt. Rose, NV…The recent snow, complimented by a week of INTENSE snow making, will allow Mt. Rose to open new terrain on Friday. The Silver Dollar run at the Slide Bowl will open Friday morning at 8:30am. This provides another top to bottom trail (1440 vertical feet) at Tahoe’s closest skiing to Reno. Silver […]
Anderson, CA…Sierra Pacific Industries (SPI) announced today that Judge Leslie C. Nichols, sitting by appointment by the Chief Justice of California as a member of the Assigned Judges Program, ordered the State of California to pay over $24 million to SPI for attorneys’ fees and costs incurred in defending against the Moonlight Fire lawsuit…. Judge […]
Sacramento, CA…While most of the country was preparing for Sunday’s big game, the hungriest pancake eaters in Sacramento got in on the Bowl season action by competing in IHOP® restaurants inaugural Pancake Bowl. An elite few qualified for the competition at their local participating IHOP restaurants in the Sacramento area by ordering “All You Can […]
Washington, DC…The federal budget deficit has fallen sharply during the past few years, and it is on a path to decline further this year and next year. CBO estimates that under current law, the deficit will total $514 billion in fiscal year 2014, compared with $1.4 trillion in 2009. At that level, this year’s deficit […]
Redmond, WA….Microsoft Corp. today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Satya Nadella as Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors effective immediately. Nadella previously held the position of Executive Vice President of Microsoft’s Cloud and Enterprise group. “During this time of transformation, there is no better person to lead Microsoft […]
Sacramento, CA….The California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) today released the external review of Caltrans it ordered last year—which has found that over the past decades the department has not kept pace with changes in transportation policy—and called for department reforms to modernize its mission, strengthen management and performance, and match investments and resources to the […]
Tahoe City, CA…The Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board, along with the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection and the United States Environmental Protection Agency invite the public to learn more about the recently released Nearshore Evaluation Report, what agencies are doing to monitor and improve nearshore conditions and what individuals […]
Washington, DC… Janet L. Yellen on Monday took the oath of office as Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The oath was administered by Governor Daniel K. Tarullo in the Board Room. President Obama announced his intention to nominate Dr. Yellen to be the Chair of the Board of Governors […]
