Updated July 3 at 7:45am: Power was restored at 11:45pm. Liberty Energy reported a power outage Saturday night affecting the South Tahoe Public Utility District wastewater treatment plant and Lake Tahoe Community College. The outage was caused by an overhead conductor failure, according to Liberty Energy officials. This is the third Liberty Energy outage this […]
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The Nevada Film Office is looking for amateur screenwriters with scripts about the Silver State. Aug. 31 is the deadline to submit an entry. The winner of the 24th annual competition will be flown to Las Vegas. More info is online.
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By Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times Every morning, she climbed the wide marble steps of the National Archives in Washington, D.C. Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga was not trained for this work. She was a homemaker, not a historian. But she had a lifetime of simmering anger and unanswered questions. By lamplight in the grand reading room, she […]
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The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit North Shore office will begin selling woodcutting permits Labor Day weekend. North Shore residents who wish to purchase a permit before then may do so at the Forest Supervisor’s office located at 35 College Drive in South Lake Tahoe. The North Shore office issues wilderness permits […]
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By Ronald Roth Noise induced hearing loss is irreversible, but preventable. Approximately 26 million Americans between the ages 20 and 69 have high frequency hearing loss from overexposure to loud noise at work or during recreational activities. NIHL at a younger age is thought to accelerate age-related hearing loss. Hearing loss is a common sensory […]
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By Kathryn Reed Speeding watercraft, life vests, distressed boaters and trapped raccoons – all things the men and women who patrol Lake Tahoe must contend with throughout the boating season. With the lingering winter weather, summer on the lake is really starting this weekend. The empty moorings bobbing in the water and vacant slips indicate […]
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The Nevada Commission on Tourism has launched a website to meet the needs of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, an increasingly lucrative and vibrant market within the travel industry. The site offers information on LGBT-featured events, as well as information on Nevada’s hotels, shows and amenities. “The Nevada Commission on Tourism recognizes the […]
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Summer is definitely here. Plenty of rum runners were being consumed at the Beacon Restaurant on Saturday on the South Shore. The beach and restaurant were packed. One local who has been in South Lake Tahoe for multiple decades told Lake Tahoe News this is the busiest he has seen it on a July 4th […]
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By Deborah Blum, Los Angeles Times I still remember the moment in my childhood in which I lost all faith in the innocent purity of plants. One day, I was a carefree adolescent at summer camp, exploring the leafy woods with my fellow campers. A couple of days later, I was an illustration for a […]
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A joint EIR-EIS is being prepared to study the environmental effects of the proposed Kings Beach Town Center project. The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and Placer County are asking for comments on the scope and content of the environmental documents. Comments will be taken until July 26. The TRPA’s Advisory Planning Commission will have a […]
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