The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is seeking waterfowl artists to submit original artwork for the 2018-19 California duck stamp art contest. Submissions will be accepted from May 11-June 11. The contest is open to U.S. residents who are 18 years or older as of March 5, 2018. Entrants need not reside in California. […]
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· Heavenly Village is having a wine walk on March 22 from 4-7pm. With the help of several Amador County wineries, each shop in the village will be hosting a tasting station. All donations will go to Christmas Cheer. Cost is $15. · At the March 13 meeting of the South Lake Tahoe Republican Women […]
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By Tara Lohan, Water Deeply Last month, California’s State Water Resources Control Board postponed a decision on the adoption of new statewide regulations meant to curb wasteful water practices. The regulations would make permanent some rules California enacted temporarily during the recent drought, which ended last year. After several public comment periods this winter, water board […]
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Postal carriers in and around the Lake Tahoe area are having a hard time delivering mail because they can’t reach mailboxes. Carriers were unable to deliver to approximately 500 addresses in the last week because side streets were impassable or mailboxes were inaccessible in Truckee, Incline Village, Crystal Village and South Lake Tahoe. The U.S. […]
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Tahoe Transportation District would like to hear from everyone—residents, commuters, and visitors who use transit in the basin. This could be people who have been on the winter ski shuttles to access Heavenly, taken the trolley to Emerald Bay in the summer, or riders using the bus to commute or shop or some other reason. […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal If state gaming regulators follow the lead of Gov. Brian Sandoval’s 12-member Gaming Policy Committee, the gaming industry and Nevada’s new marijuana distributors will never share a business relationship. The only time their paths may cross will be when marijuana companies stage conferences at resort convention centers and […]
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By Joe Mathews Which city—San Francisco or Los Angeles—do you love to hate more? This is shaping up to be California’s question for 2018. Each of the top contenders for governor is a former mayor of one of those cities, and each embodies certain grievances about his hometown. And backers of both candidates are already […]
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By Kathryn Reed The South Lake Tahoe City Council on Tuesday again demonstrated its dysfunction. Mayor Wendy David on Monday scheduled a special closed session meeting for March 6 at 5pm. Only the mayor or a majority of the council may schedule such a meeting. David admitted she called the meeting. She did not elaborate. […]
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By Michael Scott Davidson, Las Vegas Review-Journal The state of Nevada refuses to divulge how much it has paid former employees for their unused sick and vacation leave. Since October, the Las Vegas Review-Journal has sought comprehensive information documenting how much money individual employees received when they retired, resigned or were fired. The request, if […]
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By Kathryn Reed It’s official – Nancy Kerry is no longer city manager of South Lake Tahoe. “We’ve accepted the resignation of Nancy Kerry effective immediately,” Mayor Wendy David said after emerging from about a 30-minute closed session meeting on March 6 at 6:05pm. Kerry told Lake Tahoe News, “I’ve really enjoyed the 10 gratifying […]
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