To the community, Bread & Broth provides its Monday meal at St. Theresa Grace Hall thanks to the generous sponsors who host an Adopt A Day of Nourishment by donating $250, which feeds anywhere from 75 to 110 hungry folks who come for a nourishing dinner. B&B’s Adopt A Day program was established in 2009 […]
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By Tony Berendsen Through all the years of my interest in telescopes and astronomy I’ve met many amateur astronomers who have progressed from novice to advanced. The usual progression involves purchasing larger and large apertures to see fainter and fainter objects through the eyepiece. I call this the search for the largest light bucket. I […]
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· Veterans Day will be celebrated Nov. 11 at 11am at the American Legion Hall in South Lake Tahoe. · Punk rockers Guttermouth with guests Get Dead & the Cryptics will be at Whiskey Dick’s in South Lake Tahoe on Nov. 13. Doors open at 9pm. Cover is $15. · Jim Antti, who has been […]
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By Amelia Pak-Harvey, Las Vegas Review-Journal Jennifer Phillips has seen her salary from the Clark County School District decrease three times over the past few years. That’s not because of a demotion. It’s because Phillips, an accounts payable employee, is paying a higher contribution to the Public Employee Retirement System, the pension fund for Nevada’s […]
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By Kathryn Reed There is a movement under way in the Tahoe-Truckee area to build an economy independent of snow and gaming. Benefits include higher wages in non-tourism industries and year-round jobs. Two obstacles are the shallow talent pool and regulations. The lack of qualified workers can be solved by importing people from the Bay […]
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By Chris Fajkos When it comes to having access to broadband Internet, in this day and age it’s absolutely essential in order for the Tahoe basin to flourish. Unfortunately for the Tahoe basin there are still pockets all around the lake that are either unserved or underserved. These underserved areas have download speeds under 6 […]
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Placer County voters said no to a sales tax increase. Known as Measure M, it was designed to generate$1.6 billion over 30 years that would have been spent on transit. Two-thirds of the voters were needed to up the sales tax by one-half cent. It failed with only 63.71 percent saying yes. Voters overwhelmingly — […]
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Douglas County had the highest voter turnout of any Nevada county on Tuesday at more than 94 percent. Voters resoundingly said no to the fuel indexing and sales taxes measures, with both going down with more than 60 percent of the vote. Question 1 would have raised the gas tax in the county, with the […]
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By Kathryn Reed El Dorado County’s newest supervisor is John Hidahl. Hidahl, who recently retired after 40 years in the aerospace industry, soundly defeated Beth Gaines. He had nearly 58 percent of the vote on Nov. 8, while she had just more than 42 percent. Hidahl replaces Ron Mikulaco in District 1. Mikulaco was running […]
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By Kathryn Reed Why. It’s one of my favorite words. And it has served me well as a journalist; sometimes much to the frustration of those I’m interviewing. After Tuesday’s presidential election many are left asking – Why did people vote for Trump? It’s time to listen to the answers because we weren’t listening during […]
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