By Kathryn Reed Thousands of dollars in bicycle trail and ball field improvements on the South Shore were approved Friday by the South Lake Tahoe Recreation Facilities Joint Powers Authority. Money for the projects comes from Measure S/R dollars. This voter approved initiative affects the California side of the South Shore. The 6-year-old Sawmill bridge […]
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To the community, As the Bread & Broth dinner guests were lining up outside of St. Theresa Church’s Grace Hall, the volunteers from the Tahoe Sierra Kiwanis Club were busy helping the Bread & Broth volunteers prepare for the evening’s free meal on Jan. 12. As the evening’s Adopt A Day of Nourishment sponsor, Kiwanis […]
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Terrie Q. Sayre, a longtime radio personality in Lake Tahoe and Carson City, died Jan. 22. She was 54. Ms. Sayre was born Dec. 1, 1960. For the past seven years she and husband Skip, a former executive with Sahara, High Sierra, Harrah’s, and past Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority executive director, had been living in […]
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Nevada is one of 18 states in the country that has explicit state-level workplace protections for all LGBT employees. It is also one of 36 states with marriage equality. This data was released this week by Human Rights Campaign in partnership with the Equality Federation in its first national report assessing the status of state legislation affecting LGBT […]
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California State Parks and the U.S. Forest Service may continue prescribed fire operations on Jan. 26. Operations may take place near Tahoe City on Highway 28 between Rocky Ridge and Lake Forest, near Emerald Bay at Eagle Point Campground, the boat camp and behind Vikingsholm, Gardner Mountain near South Tahoe High School, Luther Pass near […]
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By J.D. Morris, Las Vegas Sun Americans will illegally wager 38 times more money on this year’s Super Bowl than they will legally in Nevada, the only state with full-fledged sports betting, according to a projection from a casino industry trade group. American Gaming Association President Geoff Freeman told a gathering of mayors in Washington, […]
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“No parking” signs along Lake Tahoe Boulevard and Sawmill Pond Road are being noticed more this year than years past. Part of this has to do with the 1.7 mile bike trail that was put in last fall paralleling the boulevard so more people are in this area. And with the weather more like spring […]
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• Friends of Alpine Meadows is making noise about changes to the resort since KSL took over a few years ago. Check out this report for details. • The Nevada Visitors Guide is available for free at area visitors’ centers or online. • South Lake Tahoe Firefighter’s Association provides CPR classes. For more info, call […]
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After a three-month investigation, South Lake Tahoe father and his 23-year-old son were arrested Jan. 22 on a slew of drug and weapons charges. A high-risk search warrant was served at the Tallac Avenue residence Thursday night by South Lake Tahoe police officers and South Lake El Dorado Narcotics Enforcement Team members. Arrested were Richard […]
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Nate Holland of Squaw Valley took home the bronze Friday in snowboardcross at the X Games in Aspen. This is an event the three-time Olympian has won seven times. Canada’s Kevin Hill took gold, while Italy’s Omar Visintin placed second. silver. On the women’s side, Lindsey Jacobellis won her ninth title, giving her the most gold […]
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