To the publisher, Attached is my response [click on letter] to the recall as required. Rather then continue to throw mud, I felt it was important to remind people who may be asked to sign the recall petition of all the positive things our board has accomplished over the past two years. I am limited […]
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By Gus Thomson, Auburn Journal Justice is coming for Sheriff William Elam. It just took a little while. Elam was killed in October 1951 when his car swerved off the a rain-slickened Sierra highway. He wasn’t the first Placer County Sheriff’s Department officer to die in the line of duty and he wasn’t to be […]
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The Douglas County Public Library is celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Pony Express on May 1. At 10am National Pony Express, Nevada Division will present a lecture in the Lampe Park Pavilion. Afterward there will be a mail bag exchange demonstration in Herbig Park. Write a letter to be carried by a Pony Express […]
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U.S. Forest Service fuels management crews expect to conduct prescribed fire operations in Slaughterhouse Canyon on Lake Tahoe’s East Shore beginning April 18. The project would continue throughout the week if favorable weather conditions persist, with the goal of completing 245 acres. State and local fire management agencies may also be conducting prescribed fire work […]
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By San Stanton, Sacramento Bee For nearly a year after Phillip Garrido was put on supervised parole in California in 1999, parole agents never bothered to visit him at home. They did not perform the standard parolee interview, assess him or check his living arrangements, as is routine. And although GPS monitoring showed he was […]
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Lion’s Club District 4A-1 Student Speakers Contest is at noon on April 17 at the Horizon casino in Stateline. Four locals will judge the event.
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Get some turns in because the season is winding down at many resorts. Here is the ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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• Lake Tahoe Museum’s website is up and running. • Carl Young, program director at the League to Save Lake Tahoe, has been selected as Lake Tahoe Community College’s distinguished alumni. • South Lake Tahoe plans to disseminate bid documents April 19 for Lakeview Commons (aka 56-acre Project). Assuming funding is available via the California […]
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The Tahoe Rim Trail Association’s three-day, regional Guide Training will be May 21-23. The training will be at Granlibakken Conference Center in Tahoe City, and the course cost includes food and dormitory style lodging. This training is designed for those who wish to guide for the TRTA, or for another organization. Volunteers get the skills […]
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By Joseph Day and Richard McIntyre, Sacramento Bee The Sierra Nevada is the foundation of California’s water system and needs attention. The Sierra supplies 65 percent of all water used by the people of the state, from the clean, safe water that comes from your faucets to the water used to grow crops. Without its […]
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