By Kathryn Reed Little packages, big packages, light ones, heavy ones, cards in colorful envelopes – you see it all this time of year at the post office. Toni Passot, postmaster in South Lake Tahoe, said Dec. 14 was the busiest day of the holiday season, with next Monday likely to be the second busiest. […]
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Publisher’s note: Get in the spirit and share your idea for a gift valued at $20 or less. Click here for details. The first Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care wall calendars are hot off the presses. All pictures were taken by Dan Thrift, who has volunteered to make this his project and donation to LTWC. The […]
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Publisher’s note: This is an editorial from the Reno Gazette-Journal first published on Dec. 15, 2009. (Today’s) opening of the newest megaresort in Las Vegas, the first in quite a few years, could tell us a lot about the future of casino gaming in Nevada. For its owners, MGM Mirage and Dubai World, the debut […]
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By Kathryn Reed OLYMPIC VILLAGE — Growing up next door to Chris Nelson I knew he did something with music. But kids aren’t supposed to really know what the adults around them do. It wasn’t until Sunday that I finally saw and heard him in action. It took 36 years after my family moved in […]
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U.S. Forest Service fuels management crews will be conducting prescribed fire operations on an urban lot in the McKinney area located on the West Shore of Lake Tahoe beginning Dec. 16 and continuing throughout the week as weather and staffing allow. Residents and travelers can expect to see smoke from prescribed fire project areas. Other […]
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The Shops at Heavenly Village awarded the $1,000 shopping spree giveaway to South Shore resident Debi Schild. Her name was drawn out of hundreds and she’ll now have some extra money to spend this holiday shopping season. The Shops at Heavenly Village are working hard to encourage local residents to come down and enjoy all […]
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By Susan Voyles, Reno Gazette-Journal Morgan Olson hasn’t been able to get leave her northwest Reno house for six days because of unplowed roads. Because she lives on a cul-de-sac, her circle won’t be plowed at all, city officials say. Olson wonders how many other people are in her situation. City spokeswoman Michelle Anderson said […]
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By Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee An appellate court in Sacramento moved to return defense attorney Gilbert Maines as Nancy Garrido’s lawyer today. Maines had been removed as Garrido’s attorney on Nov. 5 by an El Dorado Superior Court judge over allegations that he had boasted about writing a book about the case. But the 3rd […]
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By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe Community College’s next vice president of business services will have some adjustments to make when she starts her job, but learning to handle the cold won’t be one of them. Susan Niehoff has been a budget finance officer at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis for the last six years. […]
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Publisher’s note: The Environmental Working Group tested water districts in cities with populations of more than 250,000. More information may be found by clicking here. Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal Officials of the Reno area’s primary water purveyor are disputing an environmental group report that ranks the tap water fifth-worst in the nation. Truckee Meadows Water […]
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