To the community, Today is the day you shape our city’s future. With your vote, choosing three members for our City Council, you will speak on issues from economic development and the environment to jobs and the way we care for families and children. You have seven candidates to choose from, each proposing a path […]
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The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit will continue prescribed fire operations in the Pioneer Trail and Slaughterhouse Canyon areas on Nov. 4. Fifty acres of hand piles off Pioneer will be burned and 22 acres of hand piles in the canyon. Smoke from prescribed fire operations is normal and may continue for several days […]
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By Harry Bradford, Huffington Post Whether it’s newcomers like Seamless and grubHub or veterans like Apple and Starbucks, companies of all sorts are making it easier than ever to order and pay with as little human interaction as possible. That might be convenient and faster, but it’s not great for our health. Ordering food online […]
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Barton Hospice’s Reflections of Life and Loss grief support group meets the first and third Thursday of each month. Time varies so call ahead — 530.543.5581. Meetings are at 2092 Lake Tahoe Blvd., Suite 600, South Lake Tahoe. Barton Hospice encourages people who have experienced the loss of a loved one or have endured a […]
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By Henry Brean, Las Vegas Review-Journal If beauty played a role in deciding Nevada’s highest point, Wheeler Peak, crown jewel of Great Basin National Park at the eastern edge of the state, would be the winner hands down. Instead, geography and topography have conspired to give us Boundary Peak on the state’s opposite border — […]
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Douglas County commissioners again are going to take up the topic of water rates on Dec. 18 at their 1:30pm meeting in Stateline. The public hearing will be to discuss changes to the monthly rates for the Skyland Water System and Cave Rock/Uppaway Water System. The water rates for both Lake Tahoe water agencies were […]
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By Kathryn Reed A closed session item has been added to the Nov. 4 El Dorado County Board of Supervisors meeting that says “public employee discipline/dismissal/release”. Terri Daly, chief administrative officer, cleared out her office last week and was not at work today. Supervisors have a limited number of people whom they may hire and […]
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By Amber Phillips, Las Vegas Sun WASHINGTON — Standing on the royal blue carpet of the U.S. Senate chamber in cowboy boots, Republican Sen. Dean Heller looks every bit the Washington power broker as he swaps jokes and slaps backs with the most influential people in the city. Across the chamber, in a scene that […]
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Geoff Schladow, director of Tahoe Environmental Research Center, will give two presentations this month about what is going on beneath Tahoe’s surface. The first is Nov. 5 at the North Tahoe Events Center in Kings Beach; the other is Nov. 6 at the Elks Point Fire Station in Round Hill. Both are from 6-7:30pm. Schladow […]
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• Barton Auxiliary is having a blood drive Dec. 1 from noon-6pm at Lake Tahoe Resort Hotel in South Lake Tahoe. • Jeff Hamilton is Sierra Sotheby’s International Realty’s vice president of North Tahoe operations. • Here are the El Dorado-Tahoe and Sierra roadwork schedules for the week from Caltrans. • This year all sixth-grade students in […]
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