By J.D. Morris, Las Vegas Sun Amid all the discussion in Carson City about improving education, one piece of legislation is refloating an old, but likely ill-fated, idea to help fund Nevada’s bottom-tier school system: creating a state lottery. Assembly joint resolution No. 6 would authorize a lottery through an amendment of the Nevada Constitution, […]
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The Food Bank of El Dorado County will be in South Lake Tahoe on March 25 from 10-11am at the American Legion Hall to distribute emergency supplemental groceries and fresh produce to those who need it most. If you are struggling to make ends meet and live in the South Lake Tahoe, stop by. The Food […]
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By Karen Castro, KLAS-TV LAS VEGAS — A study by American Express says women are the driving force of Nevada’s economy and the new face of entrepreneurship. The study also showed how the business owners were of different ethnicities. When it comes to women businesses owners, Nevada is among the top five states with the fastest […]
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University of Nevada Cooperative Extension is offering eight Grow Your Own, Nevada classes at 12 locations statewide to help Nevadans who want to get on a path to more sustainable, local, healthy living by growing more of their own food. The series of workshops will run April 7-30, and be Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6 […]
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Fast food in South Lake Tahoe has been around for decades. South Lake Tahoe’s original Taco Bell opened in the late 1960s or early 1970s in an adobe brick with tile roof Spanish classic building. This is what most Taco Bells looked like at the time. Nearly 40 years later, it was time for a new, […]
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By Kathryn Reed With Lake Tahoe – the land and water – being a continual scientific discovery, students at Zephyr Cove Elementary School are stepping outside to learn. Each grade level is being taught something unique about Tahoe as part of the science curriculum. It’s called “place based learning” – something Principal Nancy Cauley and […]
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By Sonia Rupp Any parent will tell you raising teenagers is a stressful time. Are you in that stage? Talk to your teenager about it. Your stress may be similar stress for your teen. A recent American Psychological Association online survey shows today’s teenagers experience greater levels of stress. Stressors include academic pressures, feeling overscheduled, […]
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By Ben O’Donnell, Wine Spectator Are some California wineries “secretly poisoning wine consumers”? That’s one of the incendiary charges being leveled in a class-action lawsuit against several of the biggest companies in American wine, filed March 19 in a California state court. At the heart of the suit is that the “defendants produce, manufacture and/or […]
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By Scott Sonner, AP RENO — The Nevada Supreme Court ordered a four-year suspension of Harvey Whittemore’s law license Friday, more than doubling the punishment a state bar panel recommended after the ex-lobbyist and developer was convicted two years ago of making illegal campaign contributions to Sen. Harry Reid. The high court decided the 18-month […]
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By Jeff DeLong, Reno Gazette-Journal Fed up with waiting, Nevada lawmakers are ramping up efforts to have private companies, fire districts and others paid for work conducted years ago to reduce fire danger in vulnerable areas around Lake Tahoe. The Legislature earlier this month passed a joint resolution urging Congress to pay contractors who performed […]
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