By Kathryn Reed If officials keep moving in the direction they are headed, Saturday home delivery mail service may not exist this time next year. The U.S. Postal Service is projecting a $238 billion deficit for the next decade. Eliminating Saturday service would also mean 49,000 full- and part-time jobs would be axed. More than […]
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Dear Bona Fide Readers, Each year in April, I recommit to finding a new poet every month and reading [purchasing] their work. Poets have an important job, keeping their eyes open and reporting what they see while the rest of us go about our lives. I hope that you will consider celebrating National Poetry Month […]
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The Lahontan Water Quality Control Board anticipates considering waste discharge requirements for the U.S. Forest Service LTBMU South Shore Project at a future water board meeting. Lahontan is seeking written comments no later than May 10. Click here to review the tentative waste discharge requirements and monitoring and reporting program for the US Forest Service, […]
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To the community, I would like to see a club that could hold 500-1,500 people, and would have live music playing every night. A venue this size could attract some great bands in a variety of music genres, and would be a popular asset to both locals and tourists. Something along the lines of The […]
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By Barbara Barte Osborn, Sacramenot Bee ALPINE MEADOWS — An Easter Sunday collision on snowy Highway 89 South took the life of a 19-year-old woman. Nevada County Chief Deputy Coroner Paul Schmidt said Wenjie Li died of blunt-force trauma when the car in which she was a passenger struck another vehicle. Read the whole story
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Bring the sunscreen if you are headed to the ski slopes. Here is the ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe City Councilman Bruce Grego will be the topic of a special meeting this month to ferret out the details, ethics and legalities of him being reimbursed nearly $1,000 for an attorney to do 3.5 hours of personal work. Grego contends the work is in the interest of taxpayers because […]
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• The fedora-wearing bank robber struck again last week – in Grass Valley for the second time. South Lake Tahoe and Kings Beach have been hit this year, too. • Tahoe-Douglas District is raising its sewer fees from $42/month to $45/month starting July 1. • Tony Driskill is general manager of KRLT/KOWL radio stations that […]
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By Kathryn Reed It will be May before a decision is made regarding the future of redevelopment in South Lake Tahoe. The City Council on Tuesday approved Councilman Jerry Birdwell’s motion to have staff bring back the project with the boundaries redefined, any mention of Lukins Brothers Water District removed, and a resolution with El […]
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By Kathryn Reed Larry Brown, the former South Tahoe High School security guard, will be arraigned next month on one felony count and two misdemeanor counts related to his arrest in November involving marijuana and a 16-year-old student. Brown’s attorney on Tuesday asked El Dorado County Superior Court Judge Steve Bailey to make all the […]
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