SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Environmental improvement remains a priority for basin-wide agencies.
The Lake Tahoe Federal Advisory Committee recently revealed the 21 capital projects and science themes available for funding to help restore the Lake Tahoe Basin ecosystem, using grant money from the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act.
SNPLMA is a federal program which allows the United States Bureau of Land Management to sell off parcels of federally owned land in Clark County near the Las Vegas metropolitan area. The revenue generated from these real estate transactions funds projects which help enhance ecological systems in the Lake Tahoe Basin, under the purview of the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act, a piece of federal legislation passed in 2000.
"Over the past few years, SNPLMA has been the single most important funding source for environmental projects in Lake Tahoe Basin," said Rex Norman, public affairs officer with the U.S. Forest Service. "It
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Feds take over search for Fedora Bandit
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KINGS BEACH - An FBI agent said surveillance video still images showing a man robbing the Bank of the West on Monday in Kings Beach resemble those of recent robberies in South Lake Tahoe and Grass Valley.
Special Agent Steve Dupre of the Sacramento FBI branch confirmed Tuesday afternoon the FBI had taken over the case, although he did not reveal additional details about the incident or the man, initially described by local authorities as a 6-foot, 2-inch white male and donning a fake beard during the robbery.
According to images submitted Tuesday afternoon to the Sierra Sun by Dupre on Monday's incident, the man also was wearing a fedora-type hat and resembled the man who robbed Bank of the West on Taylorville Road in Grass Valley on Dec. 22 and the South Lake Tahoe branch on Feb. 18.
Dupre said they are they are "similar" photos and relate to each other.
Monday's incident
A spokeswoman in the Placer County Sheriff's Office Tahoe division confirmed at about 3:
Special Agent Steve Dupre of the Sacramento FBI branch confirmed Tuesday afternoon the FBI had taken over the case, although he did not reveal additional details about the incident or the man, initially described by local authorities as a 6-foot, 2-inch white male and donning a fake beard during the robbery.
According to images submitted Tuesday afternoon to the Sierra Sun by Dupre on Monday's incident, the man also was wearing a fedora-type hat and resembled the man who robbed Bank of the West on Taylorville Road in Grass Valley on Dec. 22 and the South Lake Tahoe branch on Feb. 18.
Dupre said they are they are "similar" photos and relate to each other.
Monday's incident
A spokeswoman in the Placer County Sheriff's Office Tahoe division confirmed at about 3:
Truckee/Tahoe EL parent, school district officials discuss CA education board vote
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TRUCKEE/TAHOE, Calif. - The school district this week could learn whether a complaint alleging a lack of communication over the past two years with English Learner parents will hold up more than $1 million in state funding.
The California State Board of Education meets Wednesday and Thursday in Sacramento, and among its action items on day one is to approve 2009-10 consolidated applications for state funding.
The Tahoe Truckee Unified School District's application is in limbo, however, pending a ruling from the state board regarding the "uniform complaint" Truckee parents of English Learner students filed with the California Department of Education.
Superintendent Steve Jennings said he feels confident because the department's recommendation to the board is to approve the district's application.
"We've been meeting with the complainants and we've put together a letter that we're going to present to the state board on what
The California State Board of Education meets Wednesday and Thursday in Sacramento, and among its action items on day one is to approve 2009-10 consolidated applications for state funding.
The Tahoe Truckee Unified School District's application is in limbo, however, pending a ruling from the state board regarding the "uniform complaint" Truckee parents of English Learner students filed with the California Department of Education.
Superintendent Steve Jennings said he feels confident because the department's recommendation to the board is to approve the district's application.
"We've been meeting with the complainants and we've put together a letter that we're going to present to the state board on what
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