By Ramona Giwargis, Las Vegas Review-Journal When it comes to shedding light on state spending and making those details accessible to taxpayers, Nevada ranks near the top of the class. A new study by the United States Public Interest Research Group Education Fund ranked transparency websites for all 50 states based on content and user-friendliness. […]
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The next Barton wellness lecture is titled Taking Care of Your Mental Well-being. The free talk will be May 10 starting at 6pm in the board room at Lake Tahoe Community College. Marianna Randolph will talk about: · What is mental health and how does it impact you? · What can you do to address […]
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The Broken Arrow Skyrace, presented by Salomon, returns to Squaw Valley on June 15-17. The three-day event consists of four distances for elite and recreational participants. Designed in the vein of the classic European Skyraces, the Broken Arrow Skyrace represents a unique style of mountain running, characterized by off-trail scrambling on steep terrain with massive […]
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By Alex Veiga, AP Get ready for a little bit more pain at the pump this summer. Crude oil prices are at the highest level in more than three years and expected to climb higher, pushing up gasoline prices along the way. The U.S. daily national average for regular gasoline is now $2.81 per gallon. […]
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Work will resume this week on a two-mile stretch of Highway 50 in South Lake Tahoe from the Y to the Trout Creek Bridge. The $56.9 million Caltrans project includes building drainage systems to treat storm water runoff. The project also is widening the road to provide 6-foot shoulders for bike lanes in both directions, […]
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By Ryan Canaday, KTVN-TV Making a recovery underwater is a daunting task that often requires out of state expertise. That’s going to change now that the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is geared up to do it all on their own with a brand new remote operated vehicle. Keith Cormican, a man who’s behind some […]
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The Tahoe Rim Trail Association is putting on two events for National Trails Day on June 2. On the South Shore volunteers are needed to work at Van Sickle Bi-state Park to clean up the trail connection from the park to the TRT. People will be asked to remove garbage and graffiti. Some of the […]
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Tundra is a large 2-year-old Husky/Malamute mix. He loves to play with other dogs. He has great manners, except when it comes to cats, chickens, and other small animals. He spent part of this past Saturday at the Earth Day celebration, and enjoyed meeting lots of people and dogs, plus he posed for photos with […]
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By Kathryn Reed Water conservation comes with a double-edged sword – it saves the commodity and throws off budget projections. For South Tahoe Public Utility District, conservation has led to a $900,000 shortfall over 10 years based on the 2014 rate study. Still, the district is doing better than many of its California counterparts because […]
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By Mark Wilson, The Conversation Getting ready to welcome millions of visitors – as Russia is now doing in Moscow, Sochi and other cities in advance of the 2018 World Cup soccer tournament – takes years of planning and lots of construction. It’s also expensive: Building 12 stadiums in 11 cities cost Russia an estimated […]
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