Tahoe Regional Young Professionals is hosting a town hall about homelessness. It will be Aug. 30, 6-7:30pm at Tahoe Beach Retreat in South Lake Tahoe. There will be a panel of experts addressing local homelessness issues, including the impact of services for the homeless like Lake Tahoe Warm Room, causes of homelessness including the housing […]
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By Ben Botkin, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — Gov. Brian Sandoval said Tuesday that the state is “diligently working” to ensure that 14 rural Nevada counties will have health insurance coverage options through the state-based exchange in 2018. In June, that state got word that no carriers will provide coverage to 14 Nevada […]
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By Larry Weitzman Everyone knows that El Dorado County is short of money for road maintenance, funding employee pensions and dozens of other items that need attention. In fact, the county is so short of money there was an attempt to eliminate senior legal which costs the county about $250,000 annually, a pittance when compared […]
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By Jason Blevins, Denver Post Born from an idea that corralled local businesses to embrace energy-saving strategies, the resort-anchored town of Vail trying to become the continent’s first sustainable tourist destination certified through the Global Sustainable Tourism Council. So, first, what is “sustainable tourism?” “It’s tourism that is compatible with the community,” said Magdalena Muir, […]
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By Lisa Friedman, New York Times The average temperature in the United States has risen rapidly and drastically since 1980, and recent decades have been the warmest of the past 1,500 years, according to a sweeping federal climate change report awaiting approval by the Trump administration. The draft report by scientists from 13 federal agencies, […]
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Publisher’s note: This is one in a series of stories about affordable housing in the Lake Tahoe-Truckee region. All articles may be accessed via the home page under Special Projects, 2017 Affordable Housing. By Linda Fine Conaboy TRUCKEE – To live in Truckee and surrounding areas requires a great deal of money; money that seems […]
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Spine specialist Zachary Child has returned to South Lake Tahoe as a physician at Tahoe Center for Orthopedics and Tahoe Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. Child is a board certified orthopedic spine surgeon and musculoskeletal oncologist. He is skilled in addressing back pain and finding surgical and non-surgical options that help patients reach optimal spine health. […]
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To the community, The Tahoe Swim Club would like to thank the following supporters of our annual Swimming at Altitude Swim Meet: John D. Marchini and South Tahoe Refuse, Manuel and Claudia from Taqueria Jalisco, 7-Eleven for ice, Ed at Fast Print for printing the programs, Valerie and Jerry Rudd and the many officials from […]
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There will be a community information meeting Aug. 17 about the Sierra Boulevard complete streets project. Preliminary plans call for a class 1 mixed use recreational trail, sidewalk, driveway connections, curbs, gutters, drainage system, and storm water infiltration and treatment. Class 2 bike lanes are proposed for each side of the road. Lighting will be […]
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The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office’s Senior Citizens’ Law Enforcement Academy will be Sept. 11-15. Registration is open for people interested in attending the academy and learning about law enforcement. Students must be at least 50 years of age and residents of Douglas County. Students attending the academy will learn about topics such as uniformed patrol […]
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