Updated: Nov. 7, 9:12am: A 59-year-old Carson City man was killed Saturday night as he was crossing Highway 50 in South Lake Tahoe near the Marriott. Police and fire personnel tried to revive him, but were unsuccessful. His name has not been released pending notification of next of kin. While officers initially said the victim did […]
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Slow Food Lake Tahoe and Tahoe Food Hub’s sixth series of Community Soup Nights will be Nov. 16 and Nov. 30, 6-7:30pm. The restaurants donates their space and time for community building and helping further a more sustainable food community. The first one is at Red Truck Cafe at the Truckee Tahoe Airport and the second is […]
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Wilma is 2 years old, and is probably a German shepherd mix. She has short fur, weighs about 45 pounds, and her ears are about as big as her head. Wilma seems to get along with other dogs, and walks nicely on the leash. She is sweet and mellow for a 2-year-old. Wilma is spayed, […]
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Publisher’s note: This is the first of two stories investigating the toxic storm water runoff on the West Slope of El Dorado County. By Joann Eisenbrandt Last year’s El Nino winter brought much-needed rain to El Dorado County’s West Slope. But it brought something else as well. It brought allegations of repeated mismanagement and lack […]
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This election cycle has created a divide that will take time to heal – locally and nationally. No matter who or what wins-loses on Nov. 8, we must seek common ground for the greater good. The us vs. them mentality collectively makes us weaker. It is time to forge a path of strength. We can […]
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To the community: It is imperative that Larry Reilly be elected to the LTUSD school board and serve as Trustee for Area 1. Larry is without question the most qualified candidate in this race. Our school district is facing some tough decisions over the next few years if it is to continue [Superintendent Jim] Tarwater’s […]
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To the community, Duane [Wallace] “as one president to another” I’d hope your experience would tell you the professional way to introduce yourself to someone is not by insulting them. In your Nov. 5 letter your statement, “We locals, built this town when you were in college” is extremely arrogant and epitomizes one of the […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal You won’t see the casino industry leading the charge for passage of Question 2, Nevada’s recreational marijuana initiative. Odds are you also won’t see resorts sponsoring gatherings involving cannabis use or allowing guests to smoke in their rooms. That’s because the state Gaming Control Board, which regulates the […]
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By Adam Candee, Las Vegas Sun Nevada law requires your employer to give you time to vote on Election Day, but be prepared to prove that the hours you work present your only chance to exercise the right. A state law passed in 1960 mandates that employers provide between one and three paid hours of […]
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By Abby Stevens, Moonshine Ink The vote was simple — to elect Truckee’s next town constable — but the politics turned deadly. The role of town constable wasn’t easy back in the late 1800s. Truckee’s reputation as a town was fraught with poker-playing gun-toting transients. The Truckee jail was built in 1875 out of a […]
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