Nevada County Local News

The Incline Lodge, a 38-room mountain-modern hotel, will debut early summer as Incline Village's first and only boutique hotel property.

The Sacramento Bee has created an interactive map showing how the housing market has slowed in most California counties. While the real estate market was peaking at this time last year, things have changed, with El Dorado County experiencing the largest drop-off.

Burnout among healthcare workers has risen sharply since the coronavirus pandemic and is “exceptionally high” in Truckee/North Tahoe among Tahoe Forest Health System primary care and advanced practice providers. The district is responding.

Democratic voters in California cities are pushing mayors and city councils to clear homeless camps. Leaders are responding with new ordinances, from Sacramento to San Diego.

Heba El-Guindy has joined Nevada County as director of public works, bringing nearly 30 years of experience in the public and private sectors to the position.

For the last five months of 2022, Lake Tahoe was the clearest it has been since the 1980s. That is due in part to a resurgence of the lake's native zooplankton.

The United States Postal Service has raised prices four times in the last two years.

Funds generated by the businesses that voted to form the North Lake Tahoe Tourism Business Improvement District have been awarded in support of special events that will take place in 2023.

One of the options would override California’s water rights and split the cuts evenly between California, Nevada and Arizona—which would be a big blow to Imperial Valley farmers.

Tahoe Regional Planning Agency committee members recommended the approval of an amendment to the Washoe Tahoe Area Plan to allow high-end single-family condominiums in area originally designated single family condominiums in area originally designated for multi-family and workforce housing.

The UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center is sponsoring its third annual circumnavigation of Lake Tahoe, a kayaking journey that takes place June 19-25.

The nonprofit Tahoe Fund announced that four leaders have joined its advisory council, invited because of their extensive experience as the heads of the Tahoe Fund's public agency partners.

Travis Ganong may have competed in his final race for Stifel U.S. Alpine Ski Team, but he’s not quite finished collecting awards. Ganong was named the team’s male athlete of the year following his final season competing in World Cup racing.

After a multi-year hiatus due to pandemic gathering restrictions, the 66th annual Community Awards Dinner is returning to North Lake Tahoe on June 1.

Grass Valley property owners whose home or business is located above the site of the proposed Idaho-Maryland Mine owned by Rise Corporation gathered together to organize and sign a group letter to present to the Nevada County Planning Commission.

After conducting its April snow survey, Nevada Irrigation District reports that the water content in the snowpack is 198 percent of the usual average for this time of year.

California State Parks’ Division of Boating and Waterways, the Department of Water Resources and Cal Fire are urging the public to be aware of cold-water dangers this spring as record snowpack is causing flow levels not seen in years.

MineWatch, a coalition led by the Community Environmental Advocates Foundation, submitted a letter to the Nevada County Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors in opposition to the re-opening of the Idaho-Maryland Mine in Grass Valley. The Planning Commission will hold a hearing on May 10.

According to a new study, ponderosa pine forests in the Sierra Nevada that were wiped out by western pine beetles won’t recover to pre-drought densities. But there’s less risk of another huge die-off this century because the bark beetles will have fewer host trees.

The 275,000-acre North Yuba Landscape within California’s Tahoe National Forest is one of the largest contiguous unburned areas in the Sierra Nevada. The Forest Service and a group of eight partners are working to implement a Wildfire Crisis Strategy in the area.