By Kellene Stockwell, KTVN-TV The Nevada Department of Wildlife says it’s trying to find a way to help a goose that is stuck near Lake Tahoe with an arrow through its body. Viewer Mark Sarkissian sent us a photo and video of the injured goose near Cave Rock. He says he first noticed the bird […]
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By Jessie Marchesseau Residential neighborhoods in South Lake Tahoe being used for tourist lodging are beginning to divide the town. More than 100 people packed the City Council chambers for Tuesday’s vacation home rental workshop, while still more looked and listened in from outside the door. The meeting, originally scheduled for 1½ hours, lasted twice […]
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By Roy S. Johnson, Al.com UAB basketball coach Jerod Haase, who guided the Blazers to the C-USA tournament championship and into the third round of the NCAA tournament, has been granted a contract extension by the university, sources confirm. The new deal is for six years and Haase, 40, will earn $1 million annually. Haase, […]
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By Joshua Brustein, BloombergBusiness The remnants of RadioShack’s retail empire went on the auction block on Monday, giving bidders the first chance to snap up the company’s trademarks, patents, leases—and the names, e-mail addresses, and phone numbers of millions of RadioShack customers. For RadioShack itself, the stakes are enormous. Bloomberg News reported Tuesday morning that […]
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To the community, On March 16, Bread & Broth’s dinner guests got a double treat at the evening’s dinner. In addition to a wonderful meal sponsored by Harrah’s/Harveys HEROs, they were entertained by the musically and multi-instrumentally talented Todd Green. Thanks to the Tahoe Arts Project, Green played a wide range of musical instruments, which […]
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By Associated Press CARSON CITY — Nevada lawmakers are reviewing a bill creating a felony charge for repeated graffiti offenses. Republican Assemblyman Lynn Stewart is sponsoring AB 244 which was heard Tuesday morning in the Assembly Judiciary Committee. The bill would require a person convicted of three graffiti offenses would be guilty of a category […]
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By Larry Weitzman Now in its fifth year of the fifth generation (the 4Runner started production in 1984), the 4Runner continues to be a solid, consistent seller for Toyota, averaging about 50,000 units a year, despite sales being stolen by its similarly sized CUV sibling the Highlander. They are totally different vehicles with no relationship […]
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By Kathryn Reed Education and life post high school graduation are becoming less distinct transitions in South Lake Tahoe. Instead of the solid lines between grade levels and physical entities, the powers that be are on a quest to make it a seamless transition. Lake Tahoe Unified and Lake Tahoe Community College are trying to […]
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Publisher’s Note: This editorial is from the March 9, 2015, Los Angeles Times. In his eloquent speech at the 50th anniversary of the march in Selma, Ala., President Obama did more than salute the men and women who braved “billy clubs and the chastening rod; tear gas and the trampling hoof” to demand the right […]
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By Kyle Roerink, Las Vegas Sun CARSON CITY — Buried in the 130-page tax bill that Gov. Brian Sandoval pitched to lawmakers last week, there’s a safe haven for mining, gaming, insurance and bankers. The tax, known as the business license fee, is a broad-based framework that would levy new dollars from the state’s 330,000 […]
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