By John C. Heil III Joy Barney has dedicated her life to connecting youth to the land. In the process she has touched many lives. The Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit’s conservation education program specialist since 2007, Barney received regional and national recognition this fall with the Gifford Pinchot Pacific Southwest Region and the National Interpreter and Conservation […]
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By Ric Anderson and Ray Brewer, Las Vegas Sun Questions about who owns the Las Vegas Review-Journal and why they continue to refuse to come forward remained unanswered today, days after the publication sold for nearly $40 million more than the paper and its parent company sold for just nine months ago. The sale has prompted […]
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North Lake Tahoe and Tahoe Douglas fire protection districts, the Nevada Division of Forestry and the U.S. Forest Service expect to continue widespread prescribed fire operations this week. Operations on the North Shore may take place on the west side of Incline Village and in Carnelian Bay; on the West Shore, off Elizabeth Drive north […]
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· Tahoe Regional Planning Agency offices will be closed Dec. 24-Jan.1, reopening Jan. 4. · Incline Village-based tour operator Myths and Mountains won the 2015 Tourism Cares Legacy in Travel Philanthropy award, alongside co-winner, Lindblad Expeditions. · Carson High School has been named to the 2016 Elite 50, an annual selection of the top 50 secondary school hospitality […]
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By Brad Branan, Sacramento Bee The highest-paid local government official in the capital region last year worked just eight months as city manager in Lincoln, a suburb of 40,000. A separation agreement with the city allowed James Estep to collect severance worth six months of pay and benefits, as well as money for unused leave […]
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By Howie Nave I admit it; I escape by watching movies and sometimes wish I were actually in the movie, in the time period that was taking place. I could see myself in glorious black and white just observing Jimmy Stewart as George Baily in that classic 1946 flick “It’s A Wonderful Life.” Given the state […]
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By Associated Press Wireless communications companies have erected several cell towers dressed up as evergreen trees along Highway 50 under El Dorado County’s strict design guidelines. But some residents are pushing back as new cell towers are proposed for areas deeper in the wilderness. At least six highway-area “mono-pines” — cell towers dressed as faux trees […]
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Placer County has agreed to pay for the electricity costs of 38 outdoor lights in Kings Beach. Most of the lights are located within the county’s road right-of-way and were previously funded by the North Tahoe Public Utility District. The district approached the county earlier this year about potentially taking over the payment of electricity […]
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All Incline Village school are talking Monday as a snow day. Zephyr Cove and Whittell schools in Douglas County are on a one-hour delay and only the main bus stops are being serviced. The rest of the week in the Tahoe basin is expected to be cold. The next system is slated for Friday, bringing rain […]
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Avea is a 3 year old girl who is house trained and very affectionate. Her face looks a little like a German shepherd, but she is smaller, maybe 35 pounds, and our best guess is that she is a cattle dog/French bulldog mix. She likes to go for walks and loves to play with gentle […]
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