Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the Dec. 15, 2011, Reno Gazette-Journal. Only time will tell whether President Barack Obama was right on Wednesday when he told troops recently returned from Iraq that “we are leaving behind a sovereign, stable and self-reliant Iraq …” But there can be no disagreement with his tribute (spoken in […]
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Sugar Bowl’s Philanthropy Day is Jan. 22 — benefiting Tahoe SAFE Alliance. Sugar Bowl will donate the proceeds from 500 tickets priced at $35 to support programs that help to reduce the incidence and trauma of domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse in North Lake Tahoe and Truckee. The ticket is good Jan. 22-26. […]
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Tahoe Center for Orthopedics’ and U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team physicians Terrence Orr and Jonathan Finnoff will give a lecture focusing on ski and snowboard injury prevention and treatment options on Jan. 5 from 6-7pm at Lake Tahoe Community College (One College Avenue, South Lake Tahoe). The event is free. In addition to ski and […]
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Sierra Nevada College Brian Turner has spent the last year assembling writing talent to teach in the program which kicks off this January. Eleven writers join Turner as faculty members, each with published works and accolades of their own: Kelle Groom, Nathalie Handal, Lee Herrick, Joanne Meschery, April Ossmann, Gailmarie Pahmeier, Suzanne Roberts, June Sylvester […]
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By Kathryn Reed After 40 years of employment with the state water board, Harold Singer is retiring. He has been executive officer of the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board since the late 1980s and was working for the state board before taking the job in South Lake Tahoe. What he does next is unknown […]
Read moreThe Tahoe Science Consortium and Sierra Nevada College will host the 2012 Tahoe Science Conference May 22-24 on at Sierra Nevada College in Incline Village. The theme of the conference will be “Environmental Restoration in a Changing Climate”. Lake Tahoe and many other high alpine lakes around the world are being increasingly stressed by climatic […]
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Publisher’s note: The following was a speech read by South Lake Tahoe resident Ernie Claudio at the Dec. 15 South Tahoe Public Utility District meeting. My name is Ernie Claudio and I am here today to give notice. There is something wrong in our nation. The middle class is dying. We are suffering, we are […]
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By Nevada News Bureau Staff CARSON CITY — The U.S. Department of Justice recovered $5.6 billion in civil and criminal fraud efforts in 2011, a 167 percent increase over 2008. In Nevada, recoveries totaled $8.3 million in 2011, a 137 percent increase over 2008 when $3.5 million was recovered. Of the $5.6 billion recovered by […]
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A vehicle driven by an alleged drunken driver crashed into the back of the Ski Haus Lodge in South Lake Tahoe, breaking a natural gas line that necessitated temporary evacuation of lodging guests there and at the Economy Inn. Ronald MacKenzie, 26, of Colorado was arrested on charges of driving under the influence after the […]
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By Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee La Niña is back in control of California’s weather, and like last winter, her temper seems to be flaring. First it was strafing November winds. Then persistent December frost. Now half the state is dry – not a drop of rain in Sacramento this month, and Lake Tahoe ski resorts […]
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