To the community, For the fourth year the Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority and South Tahoe Refuse & Recycling teamed up to benefit Christmas Cheer All Year with a “drive and drop” at the LTVA’s California Visitors Center, and curbside collection on regular pick-up days. Once again we were overwhelmed by the generous response from our […]
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By Kathryn Reed It’s like a trove of trails is hiding in broad daylight. South Lake Tahoe wants to open up the area behind the commercial buildings on the southeast corner at the Y to turn it into a desirable walking-biking network. Known as the Tahoe Valley Greenbelt, this swath of land will also be […]
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To the community, On behalf of the organizers of the Lake Tahoe Virtual Race, I would like to thank Lake Tahoe community members and businesses as well as Barton Health employees and physicians for their incredible generosity. Barton Health recently hosted the first Virtual Race Challenge. Racers walked and ran for 72 days and recorded […]
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By Steve Gorman, Reuters California regulators on Wednesday adopted the nation’s first mandatory energy efficiency rules for computers and monitors – devices that account for 3 percent of home electric bills and 7 percent of commercial power costs in the state. The state Energy Commission said that when fully implemented the industry-backed plan will save […]
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By Kathryn Reed The commercial strip housing the Tahoe Wellness Cooperative is about to be foreclosed upon. A notice of default on the South Lake Tahoe property that is owned by Patty Olson has been filed. It is slated to be sold at auction on Jan. 17. Cody Bass, founder and executive director of the […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal A potentially deadly avalanche problem is still lurking at two popular Reno-area backcountry destinations thanks to a weak layer deep in the snowpack. That’s according to the Sierra Avalanche Center which on Tuesday featured observations from Chickadee Ridge and Tamarack peak along with the daily avalanche advisory. Chickadee and Tamarack […]
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By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — Two state legislative leaders have requested a bill be drafted to abolish the death penalty in Nevada. Bill draft request No. 544 from Assemblyman James Ohrenschall, D-Las Vegas, would make life without the possibility of parole the maximum criminal penalty in Nevada. Sen. Tick Segerblom, D-Las […]
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Three Lake Tahoe Community College students grabbed the top prize at a statewide mathematics conference for their poster entry for general math. The winning poster was designed to explain optimizing volume of a hanging mass system using the disk method. The disk method is a technique borrowed from calculus that can be used to find […]
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Winning student artists could have their work displayed at the state Capitol. California State Parks is hosting an art contest that reflects what the artist discovered in one of the state parks. Any flat medium is acceptable, including chalk, crayon, marker, ink, paint, watercolor or collage. The contest is open to ages 4-6, 7-9, 10-12, 13-15 […]
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· Tahoe Transportation District has pushed back the release date of the environmental documents related to the loop road to January at the earliest. · South Tahoe Refuse Company’s 1.59 percent rate increase will be voted on Dec. 15 by the Douglas County commissioners. · Christmas tree permits in the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit are […]
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