By Kathryn Reed Start-up mode is stressful in any business, but especially when you don’t want your boss to know about it. That’s the situation one South Lake Tahoe couple finds themselves in as they are about to branch out on their own. To get ready for a spring roll out the couple used the city’s...

By Kathryn Reed “On the run” is about to steamroll through the South Shore as those involved with promoting Ski Run Boulevard use that tagline on all future marketing material. Events will use it as a marketing tool. The whole area will be branding itself that way. Another way to brand the street...

By Kathryn Reed Jacqueline Mittelstadt is moving on – this time by choice. She gave notice Wednesday. Her exact last day still needs to be negotiated, but it will be a matter of weeks. Jacqueline Mittelstadt Mittelstadt came on as South Lake Tahoe’s city attorney in June. Three months later on a...

By Brenda Knox On a sunny bluebird ski day we gathered around my iPhone at the top of Grandview to check out where we wanted to ski after lunch. My iPhone had a good connection and it was fun to peruse the Sierra-at-Tahoe map from the iTrail application. I’m finding that my iPhone applications work...

By Kathryn Reed A $300 million decline in gaming revenue at Stateline from 1990 to 2009; the number of employees on the South Shore from 1990 to 2008 going from 13,000 to 7,000; hotel occupancy on both sides of the state line dropping from 57 percent to 43 percent between 2006 and 2009 – these are...

By Susan Wood When South Shore actor Rhonda Keen considers the “Laramie Project” opening next weekend at Lake Tahoe Community College, the local production hits home on many fronts. The stirring docu-drama to be performed at Duke Theatre from March 12-14 and March 18-21 was introduced by the New...

By Kathryn Reed It’s not quite the same as giving birth at home, but the improvements to the birthing center at Barton Memorial Hospital make it seem less sterile and more comforting. A $200,000 donation by Ethelmae Haldan and matching funds from the South Lake Tahoe hospital transformed the eight-room...

By Kathryn Reed Tim Cohee’s dream of owning a ski resort may be realized in a matter of days. Long known as the voice of Kirkwood Mountain Resort’s ski report, as well as president 13 of the 17 years he’s been at the Lake Tahoe area resort, Cohee and a group of investors have put together a deal...

By Kathryn Reed Dining around Lake Tahoe is about to take on a new meaning this fall. Plans are in the works to create the inaugural Lake Tahoe Restaurant Week. It will mean being able to have a three-course meal at a slew of eateries around the lake and in the Truckee area for a fixed price of $20,...

By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe is on course to create a massive education campaign about why saying no to plastic bags is the right thing to do and why using a reusable canvas bag is the best option. This comes at the direction of the city’s Sustainability Commission, which met Wednesday afternoon....