By Lake Tahoe News The National Weather Service in Reno has issued a flood warning for the greater Lake Tahoe area, including South Lake Tahoe, Truckee, Stateline and Incline Village. The warning is in effect through late Thursday. “Right now the city is looking good. We have cut snow berms in known zones and have a […]
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The second annual Nowruz “New Year” Celebration Feast to benefit Veterans Healing Camp will be March 27 from 5-10pm at the Casino Fandango Buffet Banquet Room in Carson City. This casual fundraiser features food, music, dancing, silent auction and door prize. Nowruz is the ancient Persian “New Year” celebrated since 1700 B.C. that occurs on […]
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· Vicki Moore has resigned as Douglas County chief financial officer effective March 20. She started the job April 24, 2017. · The Tahoe Truckee Earth Day Festival at the Village at Squaw Valley will be April 21 from 11am-5pm. · Author and photographer Tim Palmer will present a free slideshow on the 50th year […]
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Professor Geoff Schladow of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Sierra Nevada College will give a talk at the Incline Village school on March 28. He was appointed founding director of the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center in August 2004. As director of the largest limnological (the study of inland waters) facility […]
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By Kathryn Reed In less than four years it’s possible the much maligned Chateau project in South Lake Tahoe will be completely built out with a hotel that includes a rooftop pool, condos that come with another pool, a high-end bowling alley where the convention center once was planned, outdoor movie theater showing family-friendly films, […]
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By Wes Siler, Outside A few years ago, I hit rock bottom. I was pushed out of the business I’d spent seven years building by someone I once considered a friend. Making matters much worse, I badly injured myself in a motorcycle crash, and it took me three months of hard work to be able […]
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By George Ward, The Conversation March 20 is International Day of Happiness and, as they’ve done every year, the United Nations has published the World Happiness Report. The U.S. ranks 18th among the world’s countries, with an average life satisfaction of around 6.88 on a scale of 10. While that may be relatively near the […]
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With heavy rain and snow in the forecast for Wednesday and Thursday, South Lake Tahoe and Truckee officials are reminding residents where they can get sand bags. The snow level is expected to be at 7,500 feet and above. In South Lake Tahoe bags are available at the city’s public works yard at 1160 Rufus […]
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By Scott Sonner, AP A Nevada woman who fears her missing horse could end up at the slaughterhouse has joined a lawsuit challenging state plans to transfer ownership of thousands of free-roaming mustangs to private hands Lawyers for the California-based American Wild Horse Campaign and Cynthia Ashe of Silver Springs filed the lawsuit Monday in […]
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By Kathryn Reed The recreational marijuana item on Tuesday’s South Lake Tahoe City Council agenda was a bit of a cluster. It was initially on the agenda as one sentence without any supporting material. Two presentations were added to the city’s website on March 20, however the council and public had no opportunity to review […]
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