Douglas County commissioners on March 1 approved $407,000 to spent at Kahle Community Center for maintenance issues. Scott Morgan, parks and recreation director, told Lake Tahoe News 90 percent of the expense is for the roof, the rest is for carpet. Shaheen Beauchamp Builders is expected to begin work next week inside the Stateline facility. […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal Searchers on Friday found the body of a missing snowboarder at Squaw Valley. Officials from Squaw Valley said searchers from Placer County Sheriff’s Office, Tahoe Nordic Search and Rescue, and Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows found the body of the 42-year-old man at 10:10am March 2. Read the whole story
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Due to this weekend’s expected stormy weather the El Dorado County Health and Human Services Agency is postponing the free community workshop about dementia. The workshop entitled Diagnosis Dementia – Now What? was originally scheduled for March 3. It is now set for March 10 from 9am-2:30pm at the Placerville Senior Day Care, 935A Spring St. […]
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· Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce is hosting a workshop for business owners and community members about tax preparation. This workshop will be facilitated by tax experts from H&R Block and M.U.N. CPAs. It will be March 21, noon-1:30pm at the chamber office in Stateline. Cost is $10 for members, $20 for others. […]
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By Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee Placerville resident Jaclyn Lovey is barely old enough to drive, but she’s already wowing music legends and audiences in Season 14 of the hit NBC show “The Voice.” In her blind audition for “The Voice,” which aired Tuesday, judges Blake Shelton and Alicia Keys hit buttons signifying they wanted Lovey […]
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Updated 9:16am: With more than a foot of snow being dumped at lake level overnight, it’s a snow day for schools. Closed on March 2 are: Lake Tahoe Unified School District, Douglas County School District, Lake Tahoe Community College, Incline Village Schools and Tahoe Truckee Unified School District. UNR classes are going as scheduled. Nevada […]
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By Howie Nave On the surface the timing couldn’t be more perfect. When you look at the change, or movement if you will, that’s been happening in the country on attitudes toward sexual harassment, more women being empowered and the treatment of minorities in the bigger cities it just seems more than just a coincidence […]
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By Kathryn Reed Starting Sunday El Dorado County will be implementing a traffic diversion strategy with the goal of keeping non-residents on main streets as they head home instead of clogging the side roads. About 70 people turned out for the Feb. 28 meeting in Meyers hosted by various officials from the county. Transportation, law […]
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By Eben Weiss, Outside Recently, as part of a series of lessons about “community helpers,” in which parents talk about their vocations, my son’s preschool teacher asked me to come in and tell the kids what I do. “What do you do, anyway?” she asked, looking me up and down. “I write about bicycles,” I […]
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By Allison Aubrey, NPR Only about 50 percent of adolescents with depression get diagnosed before reaching adulthood. And as many as 2 in 3 depressed teens don’t get the care that could help them. “It’s a huge problem,” says Rachel Zuckerbrot, a board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrist and associate professor at Columbia University. To address […]
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