To the community, This is in response to “Notice of Intention to Circulate Recall Petition.” Fallen Leaf Lake CSD accomplishments since January 2008 [partial]: Agreed to a six-year contract with store/café/marina concessionaire with a guaranteed base rent of $110,000 per year that achieves the minimum targeted needs of the CSD while providing complete financial transparency. […]
Read moreFind out what is below the surface of Lake Tahoe on May 14. Phil Caterino has spent the last 40 years working to protect Lake Tahoe. He was the founder of Alpengroup, the Sierra Avalanche Center, the Nevada Conservation League, the Tahoe Divers Conservancy, and the Thunderbird Lodge Preservation Society. He is a strong advocate […]
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By Ray Hagar, Reno Gazette-Journal Perhaps no executive understands the dilemma the Nevada gaming industry is facing over smoking in casinos better than Jeff Siri, CEO and president of the Club Cal Neva in downtown Reno. A few years ago, cancerous tumors were removed from his bladder. Siri, a nonsmoker, thinks they were caused by […]
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In an effort to positively impact the health of everyone the community, the Barton Foundation is offering grants to health-related local programs. The foundation is increasing the reach of its philanthropy by providing funding to programs and organizations that benefit underserved populations and/or can have the greatest impact on the health of the entire community. […]
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Tahoe Arts Project’s 9th annual Art Festival is July 10-11 outside at South Tahoe Middle School. Applications are still being accepted for vendors. However, all the jewelery spots have been taken. Click here to download an application or call (530) 542.3632.
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By Kathryn Reed Ten candidates will be interviewed Thursday and Friday for the position of vice president of Academic Affairs and Student Services for Lake Tahoe Community College. Until this year there had been a dean for Academic Affairs and one for Student Services. With Lori Gaskin’s departure at the end of last school year, […]
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Plans are moving forward for the 3rd Annual Artists’ Studio Tour in South Lake Tahoe. The tour will be on the weekends of July 30-Aug. 1 and Aug. 6-8. If you are interested in participating, you may choose one or both weekends. Several artists are willing to share their space with other artists. Tahoe Art […]
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Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District is seeking comments regarding Kirkwood Meadows Public Utility District’s permit for a power plant. Written comments will be taken until May 7. Send them to the district office at: 157 Short St., Ste. 6, Bishop, CA 93514.
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Bona Fide Books is initiating the annual Melissa Lanitis Gregory Prize for an unpublished collection of poems. Lanitis was a South Lake Tahoe artist who died last year. This award created by Bona Fide Books Publisher Kim Wyatt is in honor of her friend and to recognize the inspiration Lantis gave to so many others […]
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By Kathryn Reed FOLSOM — Folsom, really? That was the reaction I got before and after people learned about my whereabouts last weekend. Yes, really, that’s where I was for three nights. It provided the ideal location for a long weekend out of town that was close by, but completely different than the mountains. Flowers […]
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