To the community, Bread & Broth is very fortunate to have the support of the Tahoe Douglas Rotary Club and have them working side-by-side with our B&B volunteers to help feed many of our neighbors who struggle with hunger. The Rotary Club has partnered with B&B to host five Adopt A Day of Nourishments with […]
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More than 26 Nevada law enforcement agencies are joining forces between now and Jan. 2, targeting impaired drivers who not only pose threats to themselves, but passengers and other road users. During the past five years, an average of 300 people died in drunken driving crashes during the Christmas through New Year’s holiday period. In […]
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Ellie Waller, who has been a loyal reader and subscriber of LTN for years, is about to receive a copy of Lake Tahoe News’ first book club book in the mail. The book is “The Airbnb Story: How three ordinary guys disrupted an industry, made billions … and created plenty of controversy” (Houghton Mifflin […]
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By Johnathan L. Wright, Reno Gazette-Journal Have lounge, will travel. Escape Lounge — a stylish new spot for food, drink, connectivity or simply watching planes take off and land — opened Dec. 15 just beyond security on the connector joining concourses B and C at Reno-Tahoe International Airport (and just in time for the holiday […]
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By Kathryn Reed CARSON CITY – Less than a minute. That’s how fast a dry Christmas tree can be reduced to charred pine needles. Most people will start to dismantle their tree in a week or so. Now is when trees start drying out, potentially creating a disastrous scene that could ruin the holiday in […]
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By Richard Solbrig With the new year just around the corner, now is a great time to reflect on all that has happened at South Tahoe Public Utility District in 2017. This year the district became the first water and wastewater provider in the Tahoe basin to produce its own hydroelectricity. Hydroelectricity uses the flow […]
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The Douglas County School District board at a special meeting on Dec. 18 voted to put the former Kingsbury Middle School site back on the market for $3.4 million. This is the midpoint between two appraisals the district has for the Stateline parcel. The most recent appraisal was done this fall and came in at […]
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By Adam Ashton, Sacramento Bee Last week’s death of a state firefighter battling a December blaze in Ventura County underscored a stark message from this year’s devastating fires: There is no end to fire season in California anymore. Since 2004, no CalFire firefighter had died on duty after October in a calendar year. That changed […]
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By Greg M. Peters, Forests Magazine Tucked into the Douglas fir and ponderosa pine forests of Northern Idaho sits the quaint lakeside town of Coeur d’Alene. The former lumber town is now a popular tourist destination drawing families from across the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Gone are the pounding mills, replaced with fancy lakefront hotels […]
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A good Samaritan had to be taken to Barton Memorial Hospital on Monday for mild hypothermia after rescuing a dog in the Tahoe Keys. “A pregnant lady was walking her dog. The dog got loose or ended up on the ice and fell through the ice,” South Lake Tahoe Fire Chief Jeff Meston told Lake […]
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