Lake Tahoe Community College’s annual student art exhibition opens May 20 in the commons area. The opening receptions will be that Sunday from 2-5pm, with awards ceremony at 3:30pm. There will be approximately 400 works of student art on display, ranging from digital art to printmaking and sculpture. All of the artwork displayed represents student […]
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By William Moomaw, The Conversation Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt recently told a group of forestry executives and students that from now on the U.S. government would consider burning wood to generate electricity, commonly known as forest or woody biomass, to be “carbon neutral.” The executives, who had gathered at an Earth Day celebration […]
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Zephyr Cove Tennis Club with second year head pro Dave Nostrant is putting a greater emphasis on getting kids onto the court. The summer starts with a free session for ages 4-12 on June 9 from 11am-1pm. Registration information for this event will be available soon online. For more intense instruction in June there will […]
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To the community, On behalf of Tahoe Coalition for the Homeless, I would like to thank our community for its support during the third winter season of the South Lake Tahoe warm room project. Our organization received donations from over 150 individuals and businesses and benefited from 64 volunteers who provided over 675 volunteer hours […]
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· The Kings Beach Center development team will host a public listening session on May 15 from 5 -7:30pm, offering community members a chance to learn about and weigh in on the proposed project. The meeting will be at North Tahoe Event Center in Kings Beach. · The Nickel Slots will be playing on the […]
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By Stein Ringen The decision by China’s legislature to scrap the term limit of 10 years in the country’s presidency pulls the curtain aside on Xi Jinping’s radical transformation of the regime. The world looks to China and sees an economic giant. But the China we ought to see is a political giant. Xi inherited […]
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By Adam Ashton, Sacramento Bee California probably won’t get a windfall in tax revenue from its newly legal marijuana market this year. The state collected $34 million in cannabis taxes between January and March, according to an update released by the Legislative Analyst’s Office on Tuesday. Read the whole story
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Comment on the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency’s draft environmental impact statement for the shore line will be taken until July 9. The goal is for approval by the end of the year. These regulations have not been substantially updated in three decades. TRPA tried to do before but was sued. With new regulations for piers, […]
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The Incarcerated Student Program at Lake Tahoe Community College is partnering with the Sierra Conversation Center facility in Jamestown to provide students there with a transfer degree pathway. ISP staff from the college visited the minimum and medium custody inmate facility last week to register 55 students, many of whom are continuing college students. ISP […]
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By Kathryn Reed Unknown amounts of a bleach-like chemical spilled into the Carson River on Wednesday near Woodfords. Even though the tanker truck carrying the sodium hypochlorite crashed into a power pole about 10am May 9, no one had been allowed into the area as of 6pm because of the danger the chemical poses. Depending […]
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