By Nevada News Bureau Nevada experienced the greatest growth among the states in food stamp caseloads between 2007 and 2010 with an increase of 128 percent, according to a recent report from the Urban Institute. The jump in caseloads is attributable to a nearly 250 percent increase in state unemployment between 2007 and 2010, the […]
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Tahoe Forest Health System raised more than $119,000 to benefit Tahoe Forest Cancer Center at its annual Gene Upshaw Memorial Golf Classic charity event. The cancer center is projected to open in 2012. Support for fundraising events like this one assists in gaining awareness for the ongoing need to support local cancer programs. The Gene […]
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By Sam McManis, Sacramento Bee Such plans Nicole Young made for her 40th year. She could hardly wait. In fact, she chose not to. She ramped up her running and bike training early last October so that, by the time the Big 4-0 hit in March, she’d be in prime shape to dominate her new […]
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By Kathryn Reed There is going to be a new face on the South Lake Tahoe Public Utility District board in December. Marylou Mosbacher, who has served for 21 years, is not running for another term. She knows she will miss being on the board, but said at 82 it’s time to focus her attention […]
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By Frank X. Mullen Jr., Reno Gazette-Journal When Democratic President Barack Obama this week urged Americans to contact their congressional representatives about the deadlock over raising the nation’s debt ceiling, Nevadans who live outside Clark County had no one to call in the U.S. House. With the U.S. House of Representatives’ District 2 seat vacant […]
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By Nancy Rollston Lake Tahoe Educational Foundation and South Tahoe High School teens volunteered at the American Century Golf Tournament on July 15. The teens distributed appreciation plaques to amateur participants in each foursome as they finished the 9th and 18th holes. The amateurs were surprised by the presentations and appreciated the photographic mementos. Teen […]
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By Tim Johnson, McClatchy Newspapers EL DURAZNO, Mexico — Mexico’s heroin industry has had a bullish few years, and for traffickers the outlook is as uplifting as the scarlet, orange and yellow poppy flowers from which the narcotic is processed. What was once a problem largely confined to hubs in California and Texas, Mexican traffickers […]
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By Jim Carlton, Wall Street Journal KETCHUM, Idaho — As mountain biking surges in popularity, federal land managers are building dozens of miles of special backcountry trails to accommodate adrenaline-junkie riders and cut down on crashes with hikers. Dozens of one-way, so-called flow trails allowing bikers to ride downhill at breakneck speeds have been built […]
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By Barbara Barte Osborn, Sacramento Bee Anglers and others wading in South Lake Tahoe’s Upper Truckee River could be in for a shock – literally – if they fail to heed warning signs. Beginning the first week of August and continuing through the summer, U.S. Forest Service crews will be using electro-shocking equipment to temporarily […]
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By Leona Allen Personnel from the Lake Valley Fire Protection District are participating in rope rescue training this month in conjunction with El Dorado County Search and Rescue, South Lake Tahoe Fire Department, Meeks Bay Fire Protection District, U.S. Forest Service, and CalFire. Due to the recreational atmosphere within the jurisdiction of these agencies, it […]
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