· Bijou Community School Principal Cindy Martinez is the winner of the LTCC Foundation’s Distinguished Alumni Award for 2018. She will receive her award at Lake Tahoe Community College’s graduation ceremony on June 29 at 6pm. · In a letter dated June 14 from Caesars Entertainment’s global president to staff in Northern Nevada it says […]
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On June 23 from 10am-noon the Sugar Pine Foundation will co-host a Tahoe yellow cress planting with the Tahoe yellow cress adaptive management working group at Baldwin Beach on the South Shore. Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit will host a TYC information booth at the Native Species Festival that day from 9am-3pm at the Taylor […]
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By Susan Wood South Shore resident Jerry Goodman couldn’t have said it better when it comes to opening up or closing the door to vacation home rentals. It feels “like Groundhog Day” in respect to a November ballot initiative that could change the face of the lake’s only incorporated city. No other issue can bring […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal Continuity will be the key to the Nevada Commission on Tourism’s new marketing strategy for rural Nevada. Three companies, two from out of state, will collaborate to market the state’s rural destinations under new four-year contracts finalized Wednesday by the commission. Columbus, Ohio-based Fahlgren Martine will head media […]
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The Boys and Girls Club of Lake Tahoe has again been designated as an open site, providing breakfast and lunch at no charge to all youth 18 and younger now through Aug. 24. The program is funded through the Summer Food Service Program, a USDA/CDE funded program. The purpose of the Summer Food Service Program […]
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Truckee is having an open house June 27 to gather input on the future use of the McIver Dairy site. The town obtained landscape architecture consultant Callander Associates to develop alternative conceptual drawings which include various public uses on this site. These will be presented at the workshop. The McIver Dairy site, located at 10755 […]
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By Seth Borenstein and Nicky Forster, AP We were warned. On June 23, 1988, a sultry day in Washington, James Hansen told Congress and the world that global warming wasn’t approaching — it had already arrived. The testimony of the top NASA scientist, said Rice University historian Douglas Brinkley, was “the opening salvo of the […]
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By Jennifer Rich, The Conversation More than 60 percent of America’s middle and high school students rely on alt-right internet sites as credible sources for their research papers. The students are using alt-right sites to write papers on topics that range from free speech and the Second Amendment to citizenship, immigration and the Holocaust. These […]
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By Kristie Ebi, The Conversation Rice is the primary food source for more than 3 billion people around the world. Many are unable to afford a diverse and nutritious diet that includes complete protein, grains, fruits and vegetables. They rely heavily on more affordable cereal crops, including rice, for most of their calories. My research […]
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A South Lake Tahoe child care operator has been arrested on charges of sexually assaulting a child. David Rodriguez-Flores, a licensee of Pequenos Rascals Learning Center, was taken into custody on June 20. Bail was set at $500,000. South Lake Tahoe police officers on June 15 received information about a possible on-going child sexual assault […]
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