Bruce Rettig of Meyers was one of 11 people honored Thursday with a VolunTourism Awards at the Nevada Commission on Tourism’s 20th Rural Roundup conference. “Volunteers are vital to promoting tourism in rural Nevada because they care deeply about enhancing their community’s tourism attractions, and their work is a labor of love,” Lt. Gov. Brian […]
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During Earth Hour on March 27 at 8:30pm, hundreds of millions of people around the world will turn off their lights for one hour as a call to action on climate change. From Mongolia to Argentina, the Arctic to Antarctica, from the Cook Islands to Russia and across the United States, lights at homes, businesses, […]
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Fresh snow is covering the slopes of Lake Tahoe ski resorts. Here is the ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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Dear California Tahoe Conservancy Board members, The Conservancy may eventually make two important decisions regarding the city’s request to become the owner of two Conservancy properties. The uses of these properties will consequently change. First, the city wants to annex property along Barbara Avenue for the purpose of building affordable housing. I have been wondering […]
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By Kathryn Reed Douglas County school board will have a special meeting March 30 to narrow the field of superintendent candidates to no more than three. Six people were interviewed this week to run the district which has schools at the lake and in the Carson Valley. The closest candidate hails from Washoe County, with […]
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• Standards and Poors raised the South Tahoe Joint Powers Financing Authority bond rating from A- to AA-. • SAFE Credit Union is offering $1,000 scholarships to students in the counties of El Dorado, Placer, Nevada, Amador, Sacramento, Yolo, Yuba, Sutter, Butte, Contra Costa, San Joaquin and Solano. Applications are due April 5. They are […]
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El Dorado County’s wineries recently brought their version of gold from the Sierra Foothills to San Francisco and returned with valuable sales leads and exposure to a new, appreciative audience. Approximately 300 trade members and consumers enjoyed medal-winning Zinfandel, Bordeaux, Rhone and Burgundian varietals poured by 24 wineries in the posh surroundings of Postrio Restaurant […]
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South Lake Tahoe police officers are calling this week’s sentencing of three gang members the dismantling of the command structure of the Cyclones street gang. Jorge Casillas, Carlos Trejo and a 16-year-old male pleaded guilty to first degree burglary, assault with a deadly weapon and participating in a criminal street gang in the June stabbing […]
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By Kathryn Reed Money is so often touted as the difference between high and low academic performing schools. Bijou Community School might get to test that theory. Bijou expects to receive a nearly $300,000 grant in May that must be spent by Sept. 30. The grant may prove money does make a difference when it […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE — “In spite of all the progress we have made in the last 100 years, women and children are the most oppressed group in the world, including our own country.” Cathy Standiford, president of Soroptimist International of the Americas, conveyed that sobering reality as the guest speaker Wednesday of Soroptimist International […]
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