Waste Management is helping reduce illegal dumping by inviting the public to Lockwood Landfill’s annual Free Dump Weekends taking place throughout the month of April. Materials commonly associated with illegal dumping will be accepted at no charge. That includes eligible household appliances like coolant-free refrigerators, hot water heaters, stoves, dishwashers and washers/dryers, and eligible bulky…… MORE
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NDOT Continues Repair Work on U.S. 50 After Explosion
Westbound lanes of U.S. 50 in the Stateline area are still closed, and will likely stay that way while NV Energy fixes an underground power transformer that blew up last Sunday morning. The Nevada Department of Transportation has reopened the eastbound lanes, but westbound traffic across from the Hard Rock Hotel is being detoured around…… MORE
Water Masters Are Calling Last Month a “Miracle March”
Looks like it was a Miracle March after all. The storms of March have brought Lake Tahoe to within about a foot of its legal storage limit, and more rain and snow is possible going forward this spring. Water is already being released into the Truckee River with the expectation of new runoff. Snowpack in…… MORE
This Man is Wanted For Kidnapping And Sexual Assault
A man wanted for kidnapping and sexual assault is still on the loose, a week after the attack. Lassen County authorities say 39 year old Maitland Carpenter is armed and extremely dangerous, and has reportedly said he’d rather die than be taken into custody. Carpenter was last seen in the Susanville Rancheria. Where he is…… MORE
Washoe County Sheriff’s Office Citizen Corps Offering Free Training
The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office Citizen Corps, is offering an emergency preparedness and response training academy beginning April 12th. The training is free and trainees are not required to become a Citizen Corps volunteer to participate. The CERT Academy offers six training sessions over two consecutive weekends. Training is conducted by Citizen Corps staff and…… MORE
Placer County Woman Faces Elder Abuse Charges
A Weimar woman has been arrested by Placer County Sheriff’s property crimes detectives, accused of stealing more than $85,000 from her elderly mother. 60-year-old Katherine Ann Lawrence is charged with elder abuse, identity theft, and theft of an access card. Lawrence’s mother has been in a care facility since October 2017, and Lawrence did not…… MORE
Drowning of Sacramento Woman Determined to be Accidental
The drowning of a Sacramento women in the upper Truckee River in El Dorado County a year ago, was an accident. 62 year old Pamela Suwinsky was reported missing April 3rd, 2017. She left a motel on Lake Tahoe Blvd, leaving behind her purse, cellphone and car. Her body was found by the Sheriff’s Office…… MORE
Vegas Company Has Been Ordered to Recall Controversial Herbal Supplement
A Las Vegas company has been ordered to pull its herbal supplements off the market because some of its products tested positive for salmonella, part of a nationwide outbreak linked to the ingredient Kratom. Some use the product as an alternative to opioids. The FDA took the rare step of ordering the recall because Triangle…… MORE
Transportation Secretary Joins Senator Heller in Carson City
Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao will join U.S. Senator Dean Heller, Mayor Bob Crowell, and other state and local elected officials in Carson City, at 100 North Carson Wednesday at 9:00 a.m., to officially announce the $7.5 million grant that DOT recently awarded to Carson City to finish the South Carson Street “Complete Streets” project.…… MORE
Study Says Electricity Deregulation Leads to Higher Consumer Bills
The Coalition to Defeat Question 3, is responding to Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey’s release of findings from a two-year study of the state’s deregulated residential electricity market. The study concluded that a so-called “Competitive supplier market” for residential electricity supply had actually cost residents $176.8 million more, than if they had stayed with their…… MORE
