Local Stories for January 2012
Stories for Tuesday, January 31
Lane closures on Lakeside Drive Wednesday due to Caughlin Fire restoration
RENO -- Restoration work due to damage in the Windy Hill area from the Caughlin Fire will bring lane closures to Lakeside drive on Wednesday, February 1, 2012. Beginning tomorrow morning, Lakeside Drive will only have one lane in operation from 8 a.m. to approximately 3 p.m. and flaggers ...
Fire-recovery firms say Caughlin lessons help newest efforts
Companies that provide fire cleanup and restoration services say the lessons learned in the Caughlin fire of November 2011 helped them quickly mobilize for victims of the more recent Washoe Drive fire. In the case of Servpro, mobilization meant bringing in Servpro workers from throughout northern California to create a ...
Stories for Monday, January 30
Washoe County commissioners recommend budget freeze
RENO -- At their regularly scheduled meeting, the Washoe County Board of Commissioners approved in a four to one vote (Jung dissenting) expanding a hiring freeze to help close the County's remaining $6.8 million dollar budget gap for the 2011-2012 budget year. The freeze would be subject to exceptions as ...
Prescribed fires today at various spots at Lake Tahoe
LAKE TAHOE — U.S. Forest Service fuels management crews will continue prescribed fire operations in various locations around the Lake Tahoe Basin on Monday, according to a Friday statement from the agency. Operations may be carried out at Emerald Bay, Kingsbury Grade, Kings Beach or the Bunker area of Tahoe ...
Nevada taxable sales up 9.6% In November
CARSON CITY – Nevada’s taxable sales rose 9.6 percent in November over the same month a year ago, driven in large part by car sales and improved business at bars and restaurants, the state Department of Taxation reported today. Taxable sales totaled nearly $3.4 billion for the month. For the ...
Stories for Friday, January 27
Occupy Reno protester arrested
RENO -- The lone remaining Occupy Reno protester has been arrested after police said he refused to leave the protest camp. 39-year-old Edward Gill stayed behind in his tent after the three-month permit for Occupy Reno to use Moana Park as a campsite expired Wednesday. Police went to ...
Divorcing couples struggle to deal with negative equity in homes
Life used to be much simpler for Kim Surratt, a family-law attorney in Reno. Back when home prices were rising steadily, the divorcing couples with whom Surratt works would agree to sell their house, split the profit and get on with their lives. But now that thousands of home-owning couples ...
Reno area taxpayers can find real financial stability this weekend
Everyone is invited to attend the first annual financial fitness fair on Saturday. IRS certified volunteers will do free tax returns for individuals and families earning less than 50 thousand dollars a year. There will also be seminars on budgeting, credit reports, housing assistance, and more. It runs rom 10 ...
Stories for Thursday, January 26
Charity in desperate need of help
Darlene Fox is the founder of the non-profit, 'Angels in the Community'. She wants to give back to everyone without creating a lot of hurdles for the recipients. She says, “I want to be able to have a place where you can go and not be rejected whether you ...
Occupy Reno campsite dismantled
RENO, Nev. —Occupy Reno demonstrators have packed up their tents in the parking lot at the closed Moana Pool and only one sole is making a last stand. The group's three-month permit expired Wednesday at 4 p.m., and the occupiers did not seek an extension. In recent weeks, some nearby ...
Lawsuits begin to mount after Reno Air Races crash
The lawsuits which have been filed by a woman whose husband died and a man whom lost his eye have been moved to federal court. Lawyers for a list of defendants in the cases are expecting at least 50 more cases to be filed. According to an official with ...
Report: more Nevadans could find themselves on brink of being homeless
LAS VEGAS -- Fewer Nevada families and veterans found themselves homeless in the past two years, a positive sign during rough economic times. However, a new report from the National Alliance to End Homelessness labels that scenario "bittersweet." Homelessness is down by 27 percent in Nevada, says Steve Berg, the ...
Tahoe open for business
A robust and moisture laden jet stream slammed Tahoe resorts this past weekend, dumping up to six feet of snow in 72 hours in the higher elevations. Peak wind gusts during the storm reached 132 mph on Slide Mountain near the Mt. Rose ski area. The heavy snowfall has ...
Stories for Wednesday, January 25
New Report: Older Nevadans Lead the Pack in Volunteering
LAS VEGAS -- Older Nevadans are outpacing younger Nevadans and even the national average when it comes to taking time out to volunteer for their communities. Thirty-five percent of AARP Nevada members aged 50 and up volunteered for at least one local group in the last year, according to new ...
Great Britain man dies will snowboarding at Heavenly
LAKE TAHOE -- Authorities have confirmed that 34-year-old Christopher Michael Perring, of Great Britain, was killed in a snowboard accident on Tuesday, Jan. 17, at Heavenly Mountain Resort. According to updated information from the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office, Perring was snowboarding on the resort's Tamarack run about 3 p.m. ...
New Tahoe City fire station to soon be operational
TAHOE CITY, Calif. — Tahoe City Public Util ity District board members and staff donned hard hats and got a first peek at the near-completed Station 51 in Tahoe City on Friday morning. North Tahoe Fire Protection District Chief Duane Whitelaw conducted the tour at the project site on Fairway ...
Stories for Tuesday, January 24
Tuskegee vets honored in Reno
Under Friday's gray winter skies, Nevada's Air National Guard Community Outreach Program sponsored a “meet and greet” in Reno with three members of the Tuskegee Airmen, a storied group of black aviators whose World War II exploits are the subject of a newly released George Lucas film. The Guard's auditorium ...
Stories for Monday, January 23
Carson City, Reno top list of having longest way back from recession
According to a report commissioned by the United States Conference of Mayors, and prepared by IHS Global Insight, Carson City and Reno head the list of cities expected to have the longest road back from the recession. The report points to home values in Reno and Sparks Nevada dropping ...
FEMA authorizes funds for Washoe Fire
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has authorized the use of federal funds to help the state of Nevada fight the Washoe Fire in Washoe County. The authorization makes FEMA funding available to reimburse 75 percent of the eligible firefighting costs under an approved ...
Winter storm warning on in Tahoe until 4 pm today
LAKE TAHOE -- A winter storm warning remains in effect until 4 p.m. Monday for the greater Truckee/Tahoe region, according to the National Weather Service in Reno. Snow is expected to increase in intensity between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., NWS reports. An additional 15 to 30 inches of snow ...
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