Nevada County Local News

U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) announced $3.1 million in funding she secured for Lake Tahoe in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to prevent and combat the spread of aquatic invasive species in the lake through the Lake Tahoe Aquatic Invasive Species Program.

Estimated opening dates for several popular high-elevation recreation sites on the Plumas National Forest are still tentative and will depend on the amount of damage from winter storms and snow loads.

An unprecedented group of Lake Tahoe destination management, land management and nonprofits launched the Lake Tahoe Destination Stewardship Plan with the signing of an agreement to create the first stewardship council for the region.

The increasing fire danger posed by the high volume of dead grass and hotter, drier conditions in the region is prompting CAL FIRE to suspend all burn permits for outdoor residential burning within the State Responsibility Area of Nevada, Yuba, Placer and Sierra counties.

California lawmakers are poised to consider HR 47, which would rename room 317 in the Capitol as the “Speaker Anthony Rendon Press Room.” The resolution highlights Rendon’s lengthy time as speaker—the longest since California set term limits for state lawmakers.

The State of California will provide new protections for prescribed fire and cultural burning practitioners. The $20 million allocated for the Prescribed Fire Liability Claims Fund Pilot will cover losses in the rare instance that a prescribed or cultural burn escapes control.

Soroptimist International of Tahoe Donner held its 48th Annual Wine and Restaurant Faire, netting over $40,000.

The people of Nevada City United Methodist Church voted almost unanimously to join with a growing number of Methodist churches around the country to publicly align itself with a Reconciling Ministries Network statement and pledge of welcome and inclusion.

Stage 2 fire restrictions prohibit campfires and charcoal fires in the hot, dry, low-elevation areas of the parks, including Potwisha Campground and Hospital Rock and Ash Mountain Picnic Areas.

For owners of Tahoe Gifting Co., graphic designer Darya Shahvaran and veteran Matthew Rautio, the small and beautiful community of Incline Village seemed like the perfect place to place roots in 2020 after trying to find a place to live here for a few years.

Tahoe Forest Health System patients now have free access to RxLocal, an online web portal and app that is specifically designed to connect patients to a local pharmacy.

The Truckee Town Council heard communication survey results, which was launched in spring 2023 and intended to gauge what information Truckee residents care about and how they prefer to hear communication from the town.

The California Public Utilities Commission approved a second area code (called an overlay) that will provide additional numbering resources while minimizing customer inconvenience in the geographic region served by the 530 area code.

The Tahoe Institute for Natural Science has introduced its newest board member, Brian Wright. The latest addition to the all-volunteer board serves as the general manager for the Truckee Donner Public Utility District.

The arguments made by the Los Angeles Unified School District to fight a 2021 lawsuit attempting to reopen schools sparked a campaign to enshrine a constitutional right to a high-quality education. Let the politics begin.

After California’s largest home insurance provider said it wouldn’t issue new policies, consumer and insurance industry groups have ideas for what they’d like to see California do. Here’s how the debate over four of those ideas shakes out.

California’s state budget is the product of a multi-month, multi-step process that involves the governor, the Legislature, lobbyists, interest groups and the public. Here are the key dates along the way.

There's a new way for animal lovers to help the Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe. A thrift boutique is set to open in early August, at 12047 Donner Pass Rd.

Nevada County invites residents and visitors countywide to share project ideas to improve recreation.

Nevada County Auditor-Controller's Office detected an identity fraud incident, resulting in a payment of $46,000 due to cybercriminals impersonating a County vendor.