Ordnance left at a Gardnerville gun store was disposed of Monday by the Douglas County bomb squad. Deputies took it to the Douglas County Shooting Range where it was disposed of via controlled detonation. The owner of the store discovered the ordnance sitting outside the rear of his shop when he opened for business Jan. […]
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By Reno Gazette-Journal The Carson City Sheriff’s Office identified the two people found dead in the Carson River on Tuesday as Darrell Crossman, 54, and his wife Kelley Crossman, 43, both of Carson City. Their bodies were discovered Tuesday afternoon by a hiker about a half-mile south of Carson River Road. Both were in shallow, […]
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By Kathryn Reed An email arrives asking if I like Brussels sprouts. I don’t know. Next email arrives with a Brussels sprouts recipe. I figure it’s better I try it in my house instead my friend’s. What if I want to spit it out and they have cloth napkins? What if I get sick? What […]
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Publisher’s note: Four seniors from South Tahoe High School were honored as Young Women of Distinction on Jan. 11 by Soroptimist International South Lake Tahoe. The following is what their principal had to say about each young woman at the lunch. By Ivone Larson Jocelyn DeLeon: As a calculus student in Mr. [Dave] Mason’s class, […]
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Recognizing the efforts of a cafeteria worker at her child’s school has earned Michelle Ramirez two tickets to ride the tram at Squaw Valley. She is the latest winner of Lake Tahoe News’ Random Acts of Kindness. However, she wants Joy Santos, the worker, to receive the award. So it is Joy who will be […]
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To the community, In his essay “The Prevention of Literature” (1964), George Orwell wrote that “freedom of the press, if it means anything at all, means the freedom to criticize and oppose.” Thus, it is time to assess South Lake Tahoe city manager’s performance. He has been on the job for nearly a year and […]
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By David Lester, Yakima Herald-Republic YAKIMA, Wash. — Spectacular on a clear, sunny day, Mount Adams rises a scant 53 miles from Yakima. But the mountain holds what until now has been pretty much a secret. In the first comprehensive study of its kind, a Portland State University study has found Mount Adams’ 12 glaciers […]
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By Susan Wood Experience counts. The Reno-based coalition tasked with bringing Olympic gold to the California-Nevada region in winter 2022 threw some big guns behind the effort Wednesday by appointing to the board Lake Tahoe ski giants Blaise Carrig of Vail and Andy Wirth of Squaw Valley. The two men have shared the Olympic experience […]
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By John Grant Emeigh, Montana Standard A South Lake Tahoe woman killed in a roll-over crash Tuesday afternoon in Montana has been identified as 32-year-old Rachael Platt. Madison County Sheriff Dave Schenk on Wednesday confirmed her identity. The Montana Highway Patrol reported that Platt died after her vehicle went off the road on Montana 359 […]
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Thomas “Tommy” M. Hoey, 40, died on Jan. 6, 2012. He was born in New Brunswick, N.J., on June 11, 1971, to Thomas P. Hoey and Margaret Byrne. Tommy was employed by Heavenly Mountain Resort and as a snowmobile guide at Zephyr Cove Resort before moving back to New Jersey where he worked for Efinger […]
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