By David McGrath Schwartz, Las Vegas Sun Gov. Jim Gibbons is in stable condition after doctors performed surgery to repair his pelvis, which was broken in “several places,” according to his office. Gibbons suffered the injury Tuesday afternoon when he was thrown from a horse at a private Northern Nevada ranch. Gibbons, 65, had the […]
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• Kirkwood Mountain Resort hired Michael Dalzell to be director of sales and marketing. He has worked for Intrawest and was most recently at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort. • Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce board voted last week to support California Proposition 22. • Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board will vote Nov. […]
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By Kathryn Reed See that pink Ford F-150 cruising around South Lake Tahoe. It belongs to an elementary school principal. It’s not that he can’t afford a professional paint job, it’s just that his students are so smart. Sierra House Elementary School Principal Ryan Galles smiled and shook his head as Girl Power, peace signs […]
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The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office is partnering with the Drug Enforcement Administration in the National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Sept. 25. This is an opportunity for county residents to dispose of old and unwanted prescription drugs. The sheriff’s office will be operating two sites where these drugs can be disposed of with no […]
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By Kathryn Reed With no discussion about why the cost of the new website for South Lake Tahoe has nearly doubled, the council OK’d the $38,047 expenditure on a 5-0 vote. Even though awarding the contract to CivicPlus out of Kansas was on the consent agenda Sept. 14, Councilman Hal Cole pulled it to talk […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE — Fiscal responsibility and transparency in government were overriding themes of the nine South Lake Tahoe City Council candidates who attended the first forum of the election season. One person chose not to attend. Soroptimist International of South Lake Tahoe hosted the Sept. 22 event at Harrah’s Lake Tahoe. Based on […]
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Updated Sept. 22 at 8:27pm: CHP Sgt. Dan Paxton of the South Lake Tahoe office said tonight, “The marathon will go on and we will be involved.” Patrolmen can do traffic control, they just can’t bill anyone for it, Paxton said of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s mandate. To the community, An unbelievable political event has occurred. […]
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By Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee Prosecutors in the kidnap-rape trial of Phillip and Nancy Garrido apparently have changed gears, moving to get the El Dorado County grand jury to indict the couple and move the case to trial without going through a preliminary hearing, Nancy Garrido’s attorney said this afternoon. Stephen Tapson said he had […]
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The South Lake Tahoe Garden Club will host a public meeting on Sept.28 at the Lake Tahoe Community College Demonstration Garden Pavilion. Guest speakers will be John Marchini from South Tahoe Refuse and Craig Witt from Full Circle Compost in Carson Valley. They will discuss the current program taking garbage from Tahoe to the valley […]
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By Laurel Rosenhall, Sacramento Bee Sacramento County is typical of California in the portion of the population that is college-educated, according to a report being released today by a foundation advocating that more people go to college. The report from the Lumina Foundation says that in Sacramento County and across California, 38 percent of working-age […]
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