To the community, Tahoe Coalition for the Homeless (TCH) would like to thank Alpine Carpet One for their support. In December, TCH opened the South Lake Tahoe warm room for the winter 2016-17 season. Alpine Carpet One was a generous supporter not only of our fall fundraiser but by donating carpet for our space. This […]
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Preliminary data shows that 327 traffic fatalities occurred on Nevada roads in 2016, one death more than the previous year. Total year-end traffic deaths could be adjusted based on ongoing traffic crash investigations. Statewide, traffic fatalities reached an all-time high of 432 in 2006. Unsafe driving behavior and an increasing number of miles traveled on […]
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Lake Tahoe Community College is having multiple artists’ receptions on Jan. 19. The free receptions will be simultaneously from 5-7pm. This is an opportunity to meet the artists whose works will be on display. In the Haldan Art Gallery in the library building will be a group exhibition by the faculty and staff of the […]
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Three-term El Dorado County supervisor Bill Johnson has died. William Van Dyke Johnson was part of the pioneer family that helped create South Lake Tahoe before it was even a city. Mr. Johnson died Dec. 19, 2016. He was 85. He was born at the J Lazy J Ranch on Mottsville Lane in Gardnerville on March […]
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By Tracy Franklin The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is forecasting a major atmospheric river to hit the region this weekend starting on Jan. 8 and continuing through Jan. 9 with widespread flooding expected. NOAA is also forecasting another atmospheric river arriving in the region on Jan. 10t-11. NOAA is stating that this event […]
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By Joseph Serna, Los Angeles Times California water conservation took a slight step backward in November, officials announced Wednesday, possibly due in part to an unusually wet fall and months of successful conservation efforts. Californians used 18.8 percent less water this past November compared with November 2013, the benchmark year for state conservation measurements. In […]
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By Scott Sonner AP Rescue crews in the Sierra Nevada say two backcountry skiers caught in an avalanche escaped injury in the snow slide that closed the state highway between Reno and Lake Tahoe. Washoe County sheriff’s Deputy Jeff McCaskill says the back country skiers — a man and a woman — ended up walking […]
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South Lake Tahoe’s first baby of the new year arrived Jan. 4 at 5:08pm at Barton Memorial Hospital. Bodie James Briggs weighed 7 pounds, 1 ounce and measured 19 inches. His parents Jessica and Steve Briggs of Meyers named Bodie after California’s famous gold mining ghost town.
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By Sandra Chereb, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — Former state Sen. Valerie Wiener was aghast when she read a 2003 report that painted a bleak picture of young people and their basic understanding of government. “We learned that more than 80 percent of 15- to 25-year-olds could identify the most recent ‘American Idol’ (winner), […]
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National Winter Trails Day is Jan. 14. South Lake Tahoe, U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit and South Tahoe High School Generation Green Club is putting a free guided hike at Van Sickle Bi-state Park that day. It will be from 10am-1pm. Participants will learn about Lake Tahoe’s pristine environment while snowshoeing. Register in advance […]
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