By Ted Lipien, Eco Truckee The proposal to build 112 multimillion-dollar luxury homes in a likely gated community at the top of the ridgeline of Lake Tahoe was clearly horrifying to dozens of residents who came to a meeting in Truckee on Dec. 9 to discuss strategies for opposing the proposed development by East West Partners. Participants […]
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Updated 9:50am Lake Tahoe Unified School District is closed today even though there is only a dusting of snow on the South Shore. This decision was made Thursday during the chaos of the power outage. Some people were left wondering how organized the district is in the event of an emergency. Zephyr Cove Elementary school […]
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By Kathryn Reed Young, active, outdoorsy and practically a native. Those are some of the attributes of the next lieutenant to run the Lake Tahoe office of the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office. “I don’t really foresee changes,” Lt. Matt Underhill told Lake Tahoe News. “I want to continue the legacy of Les (Lovell) and […]
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By Tracy Franklin South Lake Tahoe would like to thank locals and visitors for their contributions to efficient and effective snow removal. Our goal article is to familiarize those new to the area of “Snow Removal Do’s and Don’ts.” This might be old news to people who have lived in the Tahoe basin for a […]
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Lake Tahoe Community College is seeking men and women of various ages, types and ethnicities for its upcoming production of the dark comedy “The Last Days of Judas Iscariot” by Stephen Adly Guirgis. Auditions are Jan. 6 at 7pm in LTCC’s Duke Theatre. Performances will be March 13-22. Set in a time-bending, darkly comic world […]
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Uodated 8:25pm: There are 3,500 customers in the Sierra Tract area without power. Liberty Utilities has no idea when power will be restored. Updated 7:15pm: The lines are in the air and power to the South Lake Tahoe-Meyers area should be restored any minute, according to LIberty Utilities. By Kathryn Reed A tree more than 200-feet […]
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The 20th annual Holiday Extravaganza is Dec. 18-19 at MontBleu. The show consists of student choirs as well as a faculty-parent choir. Included is the award-winning Blue Ribbon Classical Choir. The finale includes more than 250 singers. Special guests include a Blue Ribbon reunion of more than 30 alumni singers from all over the country […]
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The Nevada Commission on Tourism has authorized $414,854 in grants for programs and activities designed to deliver more tourists to rural Nevada. The Rural Grants Program funds are disbursed twice a year. This recent distribution is the second in fiscal year 2015; a total of $1.4 million was awarded in fiscal year 2015. Among the […]
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By Jonnelle Marte, Washington Post Americans are feeling more grim about their debt. Nearly one in five consumers with loans said they think they will never be able to finish paying off their debt, according to survey released Wednesday by CreditCards.com. That is double the nine percent who said they felt that way last year. […]
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By Trevon Milliard, Las Vegas Review-Journal Nevada is one of 18 states splitting $226 million in federal grants to develop public preschool programs in 2014, according to an announcement by the U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in a press call Tuesday. Half of the 36 states […]
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