South Lake Tahoe police officers and El Dorado County sheriff’s deputies have been looking for an at-large parolee since early Thursday evening. Reports are that the fugitive fled out a window at the Beverly Lodge in South Lake Tahoe on March 12 shortly after 5pm and then went to the parking lot as Lakeland Village. Officers have […]
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By Eduardo Porter, New York Times Why do the best-educated girls do worse at math than top-educated boys? Concern about this deficit exploded into public consciousness 35 years ago, when researchers in the department of psychology at Johns Hopkins University published an article suggesting the gap might be caused by a “superior male mathematical ability.” […]
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• Placer County Supervisor Jennifer Montgomery is one of 24 women elected officials nationwide in the inaugural class of a Women in Government Leadership Program created by the Governing Institute to focus on improving the performance of state and local governments and strengthening public-sector innovation, leadership and citizen engagement. She is one of two elected […]
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On March 30, Squaw Valley’s KT-22 chairlift will host the Mothership Classic. People are invited to join in a monthlong fund-raising campaign culminating in an on-snow phenomenon of skiers, snowboarders and retro mountain adventurers lapping the chairlift as many times as they can from 9am-4pm. Participants will obtain per-lap sponsorships. Throwback gear, vintage equipment and costumes […]
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By Sandra Chereb, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — County assessors would no longer be required to publish annual property tax rolls in the local newspaper under a proposal that would save taxpayers statewide hundreds of thousands of dollars at the expense of newspapers. Senate Bill 95 sponsored by Sen. David Parks, D-Las Vegas, would […]
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By Ana Ley, Las Vegas Sun Nevada lawmakers are pushing a bill that would require uniformed law enforcement officers to wear body cameras, mirroring the nation’s intensifying efforts to improve relationships between police and the communities they serve. Introduced Monday by Assemblyman Harvey Munford, D-Las Vegas, Assembly Bill 162 is one of 87 pieces of […]
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Liberty Utilities is offering academic scholarships to eligible high school and college students within its service territory. The seven schools participating in the third annual scholarship program are South Tahoe High School, Loyalton High School, Douglas High School (students residing in Alpine County only), Coleville High School, North Tahoe High School and Portola High School, and Lake […]
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By Tess Stynes, Wall Street Journal Vail Resorts Inc. said its earnings rose 95 percent on stronger revenue thanks to growth in season-pass sales and spending for other items such as meals and dining during the quarter ended January. However, for the year ending in July, Vail lowered the upper end of its forecast for […]
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Don Marrandino’s latest stint in Lake Tahoe was short-lived. “As of March 9, Don Marrandino, senior vice president of operations for Warner Hospitality, is no longer with Warner Hospitality,” Jody Lake, COO for Warner Hospitality, told Lake Tahoe News. But why he is ousted from the entire company is not being disclosed. Warner is responsible […]
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By Kathryn Reed A shared resource or a subsidy? Being able to answer that question is what the financial disagreement over ambulance service on the South Shore is coming down to. The Cal-Tahoe JPA, which has two board members from the South Lake Tahoe City Council and two from the Lake Valley Fire Protection District […]
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