The November election for Lake Tahoe candidates is starting to solidify. Aug. 12 was the deadline to file if the incumbent is in the race, while Aug. 17 is the deadline if the incumbent is not running. While El Dorado County elections officials on Friday told Lake Tahoe News the website would be updated after […]
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By Kathryn Reed It’s no longer necessary to leave South Lake Tahoe to obtain a four-year college degree – and this has nothing to do with online education. Lake Tahoe Community College and Sierra Nevada College are partnering to offer a bachelor’s degree in global business management. “Over the last five years they are the […]
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By Julie Regan What pops to mind when you think of Cuba? Cigars? Castro? Lake Tahoe? While it may not seem like our high-altitude mountain lake has anything in common with the largest island nation in the Caribbean, we share the challenge of balancing a tourist-based economy with the protection of our spectacular natural environments. […]
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By Patrick Clark, Bloomberg Pete Pollinger and his wife, Julie, are relocating from Boca Raton to Melbourne, a city of about 70,000 on Florida’s Space Coast, named for its proximity to NASA rocket sites at Cape Canaveral and the Kennedy Space Center. They weren’t just hunting for a place to live. As they get ready […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal Nevada gaming regulators have recommended approval of Caesars Entertainment’s plan to convert its operating and real estate corporations into limited liability companies. The conversion, approved Wednesday by the state Gaming Control Board and expected to be reviewed by the Nevada Gaming Commission Aug. 25, would minimize the companies’ and […]
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A Truckee man was arrested early Thursday on charges of felony driving under the influence and and felony hit and run. Richard Grundy Jr., 50, reportedly left his vehicle at Highway 89 and Rainbow drive after running off the road and hitting the dirt embankment about 1:20am Aug. 11. “When the witness stopped to check […]
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By Robin Abcarian, Los Angeles Times The offer was too tempting to refuse: Westlands Water District, the ethically challenged agency that often finds itself in the news for all the wrong reasons, invited me on an aerial tour of its watershed. From high above, I would be able to see the public works projects that have allowed the San […]
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· Truckee’s Mousehole pedestrian tunnel is open. · Jobe Sports will be in Incline Village at Hidden Beach with free standup paddleboard demos from noon-2pm on Aug. 12. · Tahoe Rim Trail Association is offering an introductory backpacking course Aug. 20-21. Hike 5 miles from Carson Pass to Showers Lake, spend the night, and learn […]
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Through a comprehensive effort to reduce energy use across its facilities Placer County has saved $1 million a year since 2008. Without energy-saving efforts, the county’s annual energy costs would be about $1 million higher than current levels. Despite significant cost increases for energy in the last eight years, the county’s annual costs have seen an […]
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Highway 89 near South Lake Tahoe from just south of the Cascade Creek Bridge to Bayview Campground and Inspiration Vista Point will be closed at various times in September. The full roadway closure is scheduled starting Sept. 12 at 4am and ending Sept. 16 at 4pm, and then again from Sept. 19 at 4am through Sept. 23 at 4pm. […]
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