40% Chance of Thunderstorms This Afternoon

40% Chance of Thunderstorms This Afternoon

Tahoe City, CA…There is a 40% chance of thunderstorm activity today according to the National Weather Service in Reno. Temps will be mild and they have also issued a localized flash flood warning. This Afternoon: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 74. West wind between 5 and 10 mph. Chance of […]

Squaw Announces Details for $50 Million Capital Plan

Squaw Announces Details for $50 Million Capital Plan

Squaw Valley, USA – Squaw Valley USA announces the details of a five-year, $50 million capital improvement plan that will add dramatic improvements to the on-mountain and base village guest experience. Plans include everything from new food and hospitality offerings to new beginner and advanced high-speed chairlifts, trail improvements and a state of the art […]

American Century Championships Pumps Millions Into Local Economy

American Century Championships Pumps Millions Into Local Economy

July 29, 2011 (Stateline, Nev.) – The economic impact from this year’s American Century Championship on South Lake Tahoe is estimated at $10 -20 million. The figure, provided by the Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority, represents total spending throughout the region: lodging, dining, activities, entertainment and gaming combined with the media exposure generated for the destination […]

Severe Thunderstorm Warning Issued

Severe Thunderstorm Warning Issued

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NVC029-031-300300- /O.NEW.KREV.SV.W.0002.110730T0216Z-110730T0300Z/ BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 716 PM PDT FRI JUL 29 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR… STOREY COUNTY IN WESTERN NEVADA… SOUTH CENTRAL WASHOE COUNTY IN WESTERN NEVADA… * UNTIL 800 PM […]

Lady Antebellum Rolls Into Harveys Tonight

Lady Antebellum Rolls Into Harveys Tonight

Stateline, NV…Tonight Lady Antebellum takes the stage at Harveys Outdoor Arena. A show not to be missed… “I feel like we were just writing songs for our very first show at this small club in Nashville,” said Hillary Scott. “I can remember being so nervous to perform in front of just a handful of people […]

Supervisors Hear Update on Placer County Biomass Project

Supervisors Hear Update on Placer County Biomass Project

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 […]

Man Dies in Head‐on Accident Eight Miles South of Gardnerville

Man Dies in Head‐on Accident Eight Miles South of Gardnerville

Gardnerville,NV..On Wednesday July 27, 2011, at approximately 11:14 am, troopers from the Nevada Highway Patrol were dispatched to a three vehicle collision on US 395 South of Gardnerville. The preliminary crash investigation details indicate that a commercial vehicle was traveling southbound on US 395. For unknown reasons the commercial vehicle with a male driver crossed over […]

County Commission Directs Staff to Prepare Documents to Implement Loan from Risk Management Fund to Pay Incline Village/Crystal Bay Property Tax Refunds and Impose 1 cent Vehicle Excise Tax to Replenish Fund with Sunset Provision for Future Consideration

County Commission Directs Staff to Prepare Documents to Implement Loan from Risk Management Fund to Pay Incline Village/Crystal Bay Property Tax Refunds and Impose 1 cent Vehicle Excise Tax to Replenish Fund with Sunset Provision for Future Consideration

Washoe County Commissioners voted today (with Commissioner Larkin voting via phone) to direct staff to prepare documents allowing for the use of up to $17 million from the county’s risk management fund to finance court-ordered property tax refunds on 8,700 parcels in the Incline Village/Crystal Bay area. In a separate motion, the Board also directed […]