By Kathryn Reed Cleaning up the groundwater contamination at the Y area of South Lake Tahoe is moving at a glacial pace. And while more than 60 people last week attended a meeting at Lake Tahoe Airport about PCE, or tetrachloroethylene, not much new was presented by the three water agencies affected by the solvent […]
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By Dan Walters, CALmatters California’s political leaders don’t have to look very far to find a stark example of the pension cost crisis facing the state’s 482 cities. Three blocks from the Capitol, in Sacramento’s city hall, Mayor Darrell Steinberg – a former leader of the state Senate – and other officials are seeing […]
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By Angel Rodriguez, Los Angeles Times Shaun White, who once trained at Northstar, did it again. White scored a 97.75 in the third run to top Ayumu Horano of Japan who had set the ride to beat in the second run with a score of 95.25. It was a back and forth duel between White and […]
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The Rotary Club of Tahoe Douglas is putting on the 50th annual St. Patrick’s Day Celebration fundraiser on March 17. It will from 6-10pm at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe. This year’s event will have one-of-a-kind auction items, along with food and libations. It will also include unique entertainment and contests never-before experienced at this event. Email […]
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By Paige St. John, Rong-gong Lin II and Sarah Parvini, Los Angeles Times TRUCKEE — In the Sierra Nevada, snowpack levels are running below even the darkest days of the drought, with cross-country ski resorts closed and mountain biking becoming the sport of choice until the snow returns. In the Bay Area, cities like San […]
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Liberty Utilities is offering academic scholarships for eligible high school and college students within its service territory. The eight schools participating are South Tahoe High School, Loyalton High School, Douglas High School (students residing in Alpine County only), Coleville High School, North Tahoe High School, Truckee High School and Portola High School, as well as […]
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The Tahoe Fire and Fuels Team, which includes local, state and federal agencies, may continue prescribed fire operations this week in some locations around Lake Tahoe, weather and conditions permitting. Each prescribed fire operation follows a specialized prescribed fire burn plan that considers temperature, humidity, wind, moisture of the vegetation, and conditions for the dispersal […]
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To the community, Bread & Broth really appreciates the support the Tahoe Douglas Rotary Club has been giving our Adopt A Day of Nourishment program. The Rotary Club signed up for five Adopt A Days and on Feb. 5 we were sent another great team to volunteer while hosting their fourth AAD in the past […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal A Nevada-based program that’s generated more than $300 million to improve Lake Tahoe would take a funding hit under one federal budget proposal. On Monday the Interior Department published a budget brief that includes a proposal to take $230 million from the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act over the next […]
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Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce invites HR leaders, business owners, and managers to attend the Level UP Anti-Sexual Harassment and Bullying workshop on Feb. 21. It will be from noon to 1:30pm inside the chamber’s Stateline conference room. The cost is $10 for chamber members and $20 for others. Workshop facilitator Laura Moriarty […]
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