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With some of the conceptual work well under way, the town is looking at what initially appears to be the rising costs of revitalizing Brickelltown. more...
  11/06/2009 3:56pm
With some of the conceptual work well under way, the town is looking at what initially appears to be the rising costs of revitalizing Brickelltown.
  11/06/2009 3:56pm
A bill that could bring millions of dollars for conservation work in the Sierra Nevada cleared the state assembly Wednesday, lining it up to go to voters in 2010.
  11/05/2009 3:18pm
Congress could fund $415 million in environmental improvements to Lake Tahoe, including water quality and forest management projects, according to legislation introduced Tuesday.
  11/03/2009 5:34pm
County and city government leaders are considering consolidating their emergency dispatch services as a way to cut costs.
  11/02/2009 12:42pm
With Caltrans vehicles a common sight in the area during summer construction months and winter snow removal, a new law will likely affect most area drivers.
  11/02/2009 7:24am
Five years of preparation and planning culminated this week when Tahoe City's new fire station got its land deal in place, a move that also re-energized the community's snow removal issues.
  10/30/2009 2:47pm
The effort to keep invasive quagga and zebra mussels out of Lake Tahoe received a $2 million boost Thursday from Congress.
  10/30/2009 11:18am
Federal stimulus funding for the Tahoe Truckee Unified School District is tight and targeted. The district received about $1 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding this year, all of which it will spend in the 2010-11 school year, said...
  10/29/2009 9:27am
LAKE TAHOE — It looks as if state park budget shortfalls will only hit Donner Memorial and Sugar Pine Point locally — for now.
  10/28/2009 2:54pm
A California State Parks plan to save $14.2 million will affect four Sierra parks, including Grover Hots Springs, Bodie, Sugar Pine Point and Donner Memorial.
  10/28/2009 8:47am
A Glenshire Drive well has spiked above federal standards for arsenic, but Truckee Donner Public Utility District officials say it shouldn't pose a serious health risk.
  10/27/2009 4:40pm
After more than a decade of debate, a metal fence disrupting the public trust on a North Lake Tahoe beach has been ordered down.
  10/27/2009 4:37pm
Town council approved an update of the housing element this week, defining town policy on affordable and other housing needs.
  10/27/2009 2:15pm
In an effort to stretch the Legacy Trail east toward Glenshire, the town is reaching even further east to Washington, D.C., for stimulus funds to extend the path.
  10/27/2009 1:40pm
Nevada County could be spared from a $2.7 million loan the state of California originally thought it needed from local property tax revenues to help balance its budget.
  10/27/2009 8:39am
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