Lake Tahoe Community College will present the iconic hit musical “Godspell” from June 16-25 in the Duke Theatre. It is one of the biggest off-Broadway successes of all time. “GodspellL first took the world by storm in 1972, then went on to enjoy successful productions around the world, including a recent Broadway revival in 2012. […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal The Nevada Division of Tourism and the Nevada Department of Education are collaborating again on TravelNevada’s “Discover Your Nevada” campaign encouraging state residents to visit attractions within the state. Nationally, 51 percent of state residents take trips to attractions within their own states, but in Nevada, the rate […]
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Placer County is trying to figure out what to do with the firehouse near Commons Beach that was vacated by the North Tahoe Fire Protection District in 2011. The county started a public process for the site in 2011, but elected to wait for other planning efforts that would affect the potential uses for the […]
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Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News this month will be running several stories leading up to the 10th anniversary of the Angora Fire on June 24, 2007. By Kathryn Reed It will happen again – another devastating fire in the Lake Tahoe Basin. But next time could be different based on the lessons learned from the […]
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By Dan Walters, Sacramento Bee California’s rapidly growing public employee retirement costs weigh heavily on the 2017-18 state budget now being fashioned, but their impact is only partially revealed in budget documents. Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed budget does tell us that the state has $205.9 billion in “unfunded liabilities” for pensions and health care for […]
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By Tim Prudente, Baltimore Sun The bushlands of West Africa are far in many ways from the Johns Hopkins University, and the path was neither sure nor straight for the boy whose name meant “beloved by his ancestors.” They called him Kpimenongme Mwinnyaa. Only now as he graduates — having been baptized George, having […]
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By Seth Borenstein, AP A warmer, wetter climate is helping push dozens of Eastern U.S. trees to the north and, surprisingly, west, a study finds. The eastern white pine is going west, more than 80 miles since the early 1980s. The eastern cottonwood has been heading 77 miles north, according to the research based on […]
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By Chris Kudialis, Las Vegas Sun The Denver dispensary is called Medicine Man and was founded on serving medical marijuana patients. Yet, since Colorado legalized recreational marijuana sales three years ago, few of the store’s patrons have been making medicinal purchases. “There’s less need for medical inventory because we have less medical customers,” said Andy […]
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To the community, On behalf of the Tahoe Coalition for the Homeless (TCH), I would like to thank our community for your support through the second winter of the South Lake Tahoe warm oom project. Our organization received donations from over 200 different individuals and businesses, and benefited from over 60 volunteers who provided over […]
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Starting in July, Western Sierra Medical Clinic will provide medical and dental services to low-income North Lake Tahoe residents in place of Placer County’s current health clinic in Kings Beach. Most of the existing county medical staff will join the nonprofit Western Sierra, and several Placer County nurses will remain onsite. The county will no […]
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