Barton Memorial Hospital Auxiliary awarded $13,500 in scholarships to 11 local students. Eight students received $1,500 each to pursue a college education in the health care field. Recipients included Ariah Barth and Taylor Fruth from Douglas High School, Trinity Marino-LaTella and Angelica Rodriguez from South Tahoe High School, Lauren George and Max Primo from Whittell […]
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By Jane Braxton Little, Sacramento Bee Low-flying helicopters are joining the legion of machinery responding to the state’s fourth-year drought. Helicopters flying at treetop level throughout rural Northern California are checking for dead and dying trees near power lines, where they pose fire hazards. The aircraft, contracted by Pacific Gas and Electric Co., have found […]
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Douglas County Public Library in Minden is having Children’s Movie Day on select Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays through July 29. The library will show movies with a hero theme between 11am and 5pm. “WALL-E,” “Superman,” “Frozen,” and the “Lego Movie” are a few of the titles that will be presented. Check the event calendar or Facebook for […]
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· The Lake Tahoe Unified School board of education gave Superintendent Jim Tarwater a positive review this month. The board extended his contract by a year to June 30, 2018. There is no change in compensation. · Country singer-songwriter Tanya Tucker will appear July 3 at 8pm in TJ’s Corral Outdoor Concert & Events Center at […]
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Four people who possess a strong commitment to preserving Lake Tahoe were recognized this week at the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency’s Governing Board meeting. The Lake Spirit Awards honor people who have made progress at restoring Lake Tahoe. Awards were given in two categories, exemplary citizen and exemplary agency representative or environmental scientist. This year’s winners are: Exemplary […]
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By Anne Knowles INCLINE VILLAGE — Water data and sage grouse were the main topics on the opening day of the Western Governors’ Association annual meeting. The three-day conference kicked off June 24 with the release of the WGA’s drought forum report, what Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval, WGA’s current chairman, called a “living document.” The […]
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By Jon Ralston, Reno Gazette-Journal Nevada is not South Carolina. We are not below the Mason-Dixon line. We are no longer the Mississippi of the West. We do not need Gov. Brian Sandoval to demand the Confederate flag be taken down. We are different. Right? A few months ago, during a legislative hearing, an assemblywoman […]
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By David Gelernter, Wall Street Journal No group needs social network software more than the elderly. We have built a frenzied society full of shriek TV, shriek music, shriek movies, shriek ads. Texting and phone-fondling go on ceaselessly. None of this welcomes the elderly, who were often lonely even before we turned up the volume […]
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A Nevada Department of Transportation project on Highway 50 in south Carson City is designed to enhance storm drainage to help preserve water quality and reduce erosion. The project will replace more than 50 storm drains and drop inlets, as well as enhance roadside slopes and curb and gutter on 50 from the South Carson Street/Spooner junction […]
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The South Lake Tahoe Fire Department has implemented the Red Flag Program for a second year to help inform and educate people about days when the weather increases fire danger. SLTFD will raise a red flag at each fire station to warn the public. On these days the department will add extra personnel to staff a brush engine […]
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