Nevada County Local News

In the 1850s, over 20 percent of Nevada County’s population was Chinese and the Town of Washington had one of the county’s largest communities. Now, a plaque commemorating that area is at the head of China Alley.

Climate-concerned youth from Truckee will travel to the capital next month to do a presentation on the electrification resolution they proposed in April to the Board of the Truckee-Tahoe Unified School District.

United Way of Nevada County has been chosen to distribute a one-time $600 relief payment to eligible farm workers, agricultural workers, and food processing workers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Truckee’s 2040 General Plan was adopted without including the Tahoe Forest Hospital District’s proposed master plan. The town says the hospital document is incomplete; the district says it was unceremoniously dropped from the town’s GP process.

The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency will be accepting lottery entries June 1-30 for the limited number of pier allocations allowed every two years under the Shoreline Plan.

The Nevada County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday may approve a resolution that recognizes the Chinatowns of Truckee with a historical landmark plaque.

North Lake Tahoe residents, homeowners, and visitors are encouraged to share their thoughts to help shape a new parking management program under development by Placer County's Department of Public Works.

A $171,000 request to refurbish the former Marine 24 and get it back on Lake Tahoe was approved by Douglas County commissioners.

Residents will see their options for grocery shopping expand with the opening of a new Grocery Outlet expected by the end of 2023.

In the first of a series of reports, Health and Human Services Agency Director Ryan Gruver, Housing Director Mike Dent and Behavioral Health Director Phebe Bell talk about Nevada County’s homeless and housing issues.

Nearly a half million dollars in funds are still available to Eastern Placer workers looking to buy a home in the North Lake Tahoe region.

Truckee Donner Public Utility District will soon restart construction on the Pioneer Trail pipeline and pump station, which will require the closure of the Trout Creek Trail.

The town of Truckee has been awarded $4.4 million to meet its goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by providing a new transit center, on-demand transit technology, and making the transition to a zero-emissions transit fleet.

The U.S. government has approved a proposed multibillion-dollar transmission line that would send wind-generated electricity from rural New Mexico to big cities in the West.

California legislative committees in the Assembly and Senate blocked two big climate bills. One would have made the state’s greenhouse gas emission reduction targets more ambitious. Another would have allowed people to sue oil companies over health problems if they meet certain criteria.

After four decades of organizing bicycle events across California and Nevada, Curtis Fong recently sold the production rights to America’s Most Beautiful Bike Ride and the Tour de Tahoe to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

Film submissions for the 2024 Wild & Scenic Film Festival are now being accepted in three categories: Environmental, Adventure and Student Film. The early-bird deadline is July 16.

In 2020, a fallen tree in Shasta County landed on PG&E energy conductors, which caused a fire that burned 56,338 acres and killed four people. On May 18, a $150 million settlement was approved by the California Public Utilities Commission regarding PG&E's involvement in the Zogg Fire.

The Nevada County Historical Landmarks Commission and the Grass Valley School District will host the dedication ceremony of a plaque commemorating the Kentucky Flat School as a historical landmark on May 23.

The Rough and Ready Fire Protection District board, which has been moving toward dissolution, is mourning the unexpected death of former Chairman Sheridan Loungway. Vice chair Tom Nelson will temporarily serve as chairman.