By Anne Knowles MINDEN — The Douglas County Board of County Commissioners this week voted to raise the gas tax to pay for road maintenance, but failed to pass a sales tax bump to fund a list of countywide projects. The additional gas tax will make possible much needed road improvements, but the failure of […]
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By USSA LAKE LOUISE, Alberta – Lindsey Vonn (Vail) collected her 16th-career World Cup victory at Lake Louise in the first of two scheduled downhills, but the run was not without pure athletic spectacle to avoid serious disaster. Vonn clocked the fastest splits all the way to the midsection on course where she decided to […]
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· South Lake Tahoe Library’s Winter Extravaganza is Dec. 12 from 10am-noon, 1000 Rufus Allen Blvd. Creation stations will be set up with fun, easy to make, seasonal decorations suitable for all ages. Santa Claus is scheduled to drop by. · Lake Tahoe Unified School District’s fourth-graders will be using the city pool through Dec. […]
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Tahoe Institute for Natural Science and the Tahoe Rim Trail Association are making an excursion to Tahoe Meadows to see the Geminid meteor shower. This annual meteor shower regularly puts on a display with frequent shooting stars throughout the night. It gets its name from its trail, which radiates from the constellation Gemini. Representatives of Space […]
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Douglas County Public Library is putting on a Winter Break Lego Building Challenge at the Zephyr Cove and Minden libraries between Dec. 14 and Jan. 2. Prizes will be awarded to the first and second place winner in each age category. Children and adults may participate; one entry per person. Children younger than 4 must […]
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By Associated Press WASHINGTON — The House and Senate have reached agreement on a five-year, $281 billion transportation bill that would increase spending to address the nation’s aging and congested highways and transit systems, including an extension of the future Interstate 11 connecting Reno and Las Vegas. The bill would put an end to the cycle of temporary extensions and threatened […]
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There will be a discussion Dec. 16 titled Uniting Tahoe’s Communities: Addressing Prosperity for Tahoe’s Residents. It is free from noon-1:30pm in the Aspen Room at Lake Tahoe Community College Heidi Hill Drum with the Tahoe Prosperity Center, Jesse Walker of New Economics & Advisory, and B Gorman with Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce will be the […]
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By Adam McGill Like all of you, I am heartbroken about the mass murders that occurred in San Bernardino on Dec. 2. All of us were victimized. Of course, not at the same level of the victims’ families, the San Bernardino community, or the courageous first responders, but nonetheless many of us sensed some level […]
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By Elizabeth Warmerdam, Courthouse News Service FRESNO — Citing state protections for marijuana cultivation, a California appeals court struck down Fresno County’s criminalization of marijuana growing. Adopted in 2014 and amended this year, Fresno’s law prohibits the cultivation of medical marijuana and marijuana dispensaries in all zoning districts, and classifies violations of the ordinance as […]
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By Susan Wood Despite the weather phenomenon known as the Christ child that is expected to pack a devilish punch to the West this winter, most Lake Tahoe-area government agencies are conducting business as usual in terms of preparing for it. Public works departments from one end of the lake to the other beef up […]
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