By Kathryn Reed With two part-time employees needing to make their job pay for itself, more parking tickets are being issued in South Lake Tahoe. “Absolutely, we are writing more tickets because we are going from nonexistent to a full blown program,” Police Chief Brian Uhler told Lake Tahoe News. The city has parking restrictions […]
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• Tahoe Rim Trail volunteers this season put in more than 12,000 hours to build 2.4 miles of new trail on the Daggett/Van Sickle State Park project and 1.75 miles of new trail on the Rim to Reno project. • On Nov. 28 from 4-6pm will an early care and education/transitional kindergarten/kindergarten articulation training at […]
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Snoopy is a goofy, entertaining, and smart little puppy. He probably has some Shetland sheepdog in him, considering his long and slender muzzle, but he’s already a little bigger than most Shelties. He is affectionate, and just wants to be around people. He has been at the shelter only a few days, but he’s eager […]
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By Ted Gaines In 1943, an 18-year-old Bob Gaines left California and months later found himself a world away, flying as a tail-gunner on a B-17 bomber on 35 sorties across Europe. The combat was consistently terrible and terrifying, with white-hot anti-aircraft fire and clouds of heavy flak clogging the sky. He lost many comrades […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Turning Highway 50 near and through the casino corridor into a city street and the roads from Pioneer Trail behind Raley’s at the state line into a state highway may one day be a reality. Known locally as the Loop Road project, officials are now trying to get people to […]
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Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the Nov. 4, 2011, Reno Gazette-Journal. Return of bighorn sheep to Northern Nevada is a reason to celebrate a wildlife milestone. For the first time in more than a century, bighorn sheep are back in the Virginia Range of Northern Nevada. Just days ago, eight of them were released […]
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Start Smart is aimed at helping newly licensed and future licensed teenage drivers become aware of the responsibilities that accompany the privilege of being a licensed California driver. The program was created in an effort to pre-emptively reduce the incidence of teen injuries and deaths resulting from motor vehicle collisions. Teen drivers and their parents/guardians […]
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The Lake Tahoe Federal Advisory Committee will meet Nov. 18 from 10am-3pm at the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, 35 College Drive, South Lake Tahoe. LTFAC will address issues related to federal activities at Lake Tahoe. Items on the agenda include a facilitated workshop to discuss a strategic work plan for fiscal year 2012, and […]
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Placer County is having an open house Nov. 15 from 3-7pm to present information on biomass energy production. The open house will be at the Squaw Valley Public Service District offices. Private and public specialists in air emissions, biomass energy technology, sustainable biomass supply assessments, biomass logistics planning and forest management will be present at […]
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By Lizette Alvarez, New York Times MIAMI — A growing number of communities are choosing to stop adding fluoride to their water systems, even though the federal government and federal health officials maintain their full support for a measure they say provides a 25 percent reduction in tooth decay nationwide. Earlier this month, Pinellas County, […]
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