· Ralph Jones has been promoted to battalion chief within the Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District. · Truckee Town Council is having a budget workshop regarding capital improvement projects on April 17 from 4-8pm at the airport. · Tahoe Rim Trail Association has a new website. · Pato Banto and the Now Generation, along with […]
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El Dorado County’s former human resources director and one-time interim chief administrative officer will be in court April 17 defending her practices when she was an Alpine County employee. Robert Levy, former Alpine County undersheriff, has filed a lawsuit against Pamela Knorr, three supervisors and Alpine County in federal court in Sacramento. Knorr was CAO […]
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What started as an easy trek from the South Shore over Echo Summit changed mid-morning when a snowslide occurred. About halfway up the summit snow came tumbling down on Highway 50, causing backups in both directions. The slide, which covered all lanes, was at least 4-feet deep. It was reported at 10:15am. Just before noon […]
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By Kirk Johnson, New York Times BURNS, Ore. — A year ago, this corner of rural Oregon became center stage in the drawn-out drama over public lands when armed militia leaders seized a national wildlife refuge, arguing that the government had too much control of land in the West. Now that President Trump is in […]
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Tahoe Women’s Community Fund’s second annual Grants Gala will be May 18 from 6-9pm at Tahoe Beach Retreat in South Lake Tahoe. In addition to the 2017 grant winners being announced, the 2016 grantees will return to share how they spent the TWCF’s giving funds. This year $29,000 in grants are being handed out; bringing […]
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By Todd Prince, Las Vegas Review-Journal Caesars Entertainment Corp. Chief Executive Officer Mark Frissora received 25 percent less in total compensation last year as no stock options were awarded. Frissora received $9.5 million last year compared with $12.8 million for 2015, according to SEC filings posted on Wednesday. The 2015 compensation package was boosted by […]
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By Kathryn Reed “Drink Tahoe tap.” It’s the mantra Madonna Dunbar wants everyone to embrace. She’s so passionate about it that she got the phrase trademarked. Dunbar is the executive director of the Tahoe Water Suppliers Association. This is a 12-member group, with all but South Tahoe Public Utility District getting its water directly from […]
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By Larry Weitzman For the last few weeks Gov. Jerry Brown has been spending our money traveling around the state campaigning for the passage of taxing ourselves even more; that we should raise our gasoline, diesel and vehicle registration fees over 40 percent so we can fix our decaying roads and infrastructure. This new tax […]
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By Donna de la Cruz, New York Times Sit still. It’s the mantra of every classroom. But that is changing as evidence builds that taking brief activity breaks during the day helps children learn and be more attentive in class, and a growing number of programs designed to promote movement are being adopted in schools. […]
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By Ben Bergman, KQED Thanks to a historically wet winter, Central Valley farmers south of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta got some long-awaited good news this week from federal water managers. For the first time in more than a decade, they will receive their full allotment of groundwater from the Central Valley Project. It’s a remarkable turnaround […]
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