On May 19, Alpenglow Sports will host the fifth installment of the Education Series created by the Donner Party Mountain Runners. Created in 2013, the Donner Party Mountain Runners is a grassroots running club that exists to inform and inspire mountain runners in the Truckee-Tahoe region. Part of their mission involves educational outreach to the […]
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By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — The cost of complying with an Environmental Protection Agency audit that found failures by the Nevada Transportation Department in addressing storm water runoff issues is coming due at $10 million for 42 new agency positions, equipment and travel. Another $3 million will be spent on storm […]
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By Neal Morton, Las Vegas Review-Journal Bucking a national trend of states increasing their investment for pre-kindergarten programs, Nevada continued to lose ground in its percentage of children enrolled and per-child spending in early childhood education. A new study from the National Institute for Early Education Research found Nevada fell one position to 37th among […]
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· Caltrans will talk about the 2019 Echo Summit closure on May 21 at 8:30am at the Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce board meeting. · Cave Rock boat ramp will be closed May 13 for routine maintenance. · Over the Edge Sports, which specializes in selling mountain bikes, will open a store in […]
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Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce and South Lake Tahoe are offering a customer service workshop June 3 from 1-5pm. The goal is for business owners, managers and their staff to discover creative approaches for delivering service that will wow customers and turn them into raving fans. Workshop topics include: making customers feel important (and […]
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By Jack Healy, New York Times DENVER — Money was pouring into Bruce Nassau’s five Colorado marijuana shops when his accountant called with the bad news: The 2014 tax season was approaching, and Mr. Nassau could not rely on the galaxy of deductions that other businesses use to reduce their tax bills. He was going to […]
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By Associated Press Lawmakers expect Gov. Jerry Brown to suggest spending more tax dollars on public schools and community colleges while asking for more money to be set aside for a rainy day when he releases his updated budget this week. But with a growing $3 billion surplus, Democrats who control the Legislature will jockey […]
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By Ian Whitaker, Las Vegas Sun The debut of computerized Common Core tests in Nevada has been a disaster. State and school district officials watched helplessly for more than a week as problems with the testing company’s servers prevented thousands of students from logging on to take the Smarter Balanced Assessment. In Clark County, efforts […]
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By Kathryn Reed MEYERS – There is no one to do maintenance, mow the lawn or book events at Tahoe Paradise Park. This is because the board fired Steve Dunn, the park manager. “It was a personnel issue,” Sue Novasel, Tahoe Paradise Resort Improvement District chairwoman, told Lake Tahoe News. She would not go into […]
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To the community, So sad to have to contact you all under these circumstances, but I felt it important to share with you my most recent experience in Alpine County. On Mother’s Day, we rode our horses into the Carson River Hot Springs from the north on a little used trail as we have done […]
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