South Shore residents are invited to participate in a Community Graffiti Clean Up Day by Leadership Lake Tahoe. Members are working in conjunction with the Lake Tahoe Boys & Girls Club. Meet at the Boys & Girls Club (old Al Tahoe Elementary School in South Lake Tahoe) on May 1 at 10am. Volunteers will paint […]
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By Kathryn Reed PLACERVILLE — As winter lingers at Lake Tahoe, grape growers at lower elevations in El Dorado and Amador counties are hoping spring weather becomes the norm. Most of the vineyards are still dormant, with the Chardonnay grapes just beginning to bud. It’s that bud break combined with freezing temperatures that can destroy […]
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Join Graham Kent, Heidi Buck and the Forest Guard Students. This documentary presents a whirlwind year in the life of six home-schooled children the foothills of Northern California who have developed an ingenious invention for the early detection of forest fires. What starts as a local environmental solution evolves into an idea that could have […]
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A celebration of life is scheduled for 2pm April 24 in Gardnerville for fourth-generation Nevada native and Douglas High School graduate Jon Knox Springmeyer, 59, who died April 10, 2010, at his home in Carson City. He was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in 2005. Born April 25, 1950, on Carson City to Melvin “Buzz” and […]
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By Michael Kay, Union Democrat Bear Valley could break ground as early as next summer on a three-decades-in-the-making plan to build a gondola from base camp to one of the peaks at the ski resort. Regulations and requirements from both Alpine County and the U.S. Forest Service have stalled the improvements in the five years […]
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Click on letter to find out more about Lahontan Water Quality Control Board’s plans regarding work in the stream environmental zone in the Angora burn area.
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The Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce will host an Earth Day Business After Hours Mixer at Embassy Suites South Lake Tahoe on April 22 from 5:30–7:30pm. Join Chamber members to celebrate the Earth and learn about green business practices in our community. The Tahoe Chamber Green Business Cooperative will share videos and information […]
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Rob Sabo, Northern Nevada Business Weekly The summer construction season doesn’t look very promising in the Truckee Meadows, but two Lake Tahoe-area ski resorts will build facilities this summer. Construction of a new lodge at the top of Heavenly Mountain Resort’s gondola is expected to begin by mid June, and Diamond Peak Ski Resort will […]
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Go ski. Several resorts are calling it quits for the season after this weekend. Here is the ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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By Kathryn Reed Bruce Grego. That was the topic for more than two hours as the South Lake Tahoe City Council conducted a special meeting Thursday about whether the city councilman should have been reimbursed with taxpayer dollars for his use of outside counsel. Tension filled the room. Hostilities – verbal and body language — […]
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