Dear Reader, With the return of winter, we decided it was time to put out a call for guerrilla acts of literary compassion. Please take a few minutes to read about it, copy your favorite works, and make the world a less lonely place — the power of the written word in action! Kim Wyatt, […]
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El Dorado County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday filled a number of vacancies on boards throughout the county. Jennifer Thornton and Mike Craft were appointed to the Fallen Leaf Lake Community Services District. Thornton is new to the board. Craft is an incumbent who has had issues with the Riches, who have been running the […]
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By Kathryn Reed It was hard to know on Tuesday that the Lakeview Commons project in the center of South Lake Tahoe was not before the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors for the first time. This was the fourth time in three years. The long discussion about the 56-acre project that encompasses El Dorado […]
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By Kathryn Reed Douglas County School District needs a superintendent. Just months after the board extended her contract, Carol Lark, tendered her resignation at Tuesday’s board meeting. Neither Lark nor board President Cindy Trigg was available for comment Tuesday night. In recognition of Veterans Day, district offices are closed today so comments may be days […]
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Harrah’s Lake Tahoe brings singer, guitarist and songwriter José Feliciano, to the South Shore Room Nov. 14. Feliciano is an eight-time Grammy Award winner and recipient of Billboard Magazine’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Feliciano’s musical career spans four decades. Born blind to humble beginnings in Lares, Puerto Rico, he began his love affair with music at […]
Read moreResults from the Nov. 3 election in El Dorado County were certified by recorder/clerk Bill Schultz on Tuesday afternoon. No results changed from what were initially reported. Click election to see the final numbers.
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September marked the 21st straight month Nevada casinos posted a decline in winnings from gamblers. Stateline casino’s $21.8 million take was 10.8 percent less than a year ago. Statewide, casinos won $911 million, which is 9 percent less than 2008. The silver lining is the decline is not a double digit. This is the second […]
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Beginning Nov. 23, the U.S. Forest Service, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit will offer permits for the public to select and cut holiday trees in the Tahoe Basin. Permits cost $10 each (cash or check only), and there will be a limit of two permits per family, valid through Dec. 24. Permit holders may choose […]
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The 14th annual Valhalla Holiday Faire is Nov. 20-22. It is in the Valhalla Grand Hall located on the Tallac Historic Site just past Camp Richardson Resort on Highway 89. The faire will feature the original creations of the best artists and crafts persons selected from the many who applied. The hall will be decorated […]
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The Mission Mountain Wood Band will return to Tahoe on Nov. 27 – the night after Thanksgiving. Booked into the Harrah’s Tahoe South Shore Room, MMWB will bring its inimitable blend of bluegrass, rock, country and whatever else the band may blend in that night. In their old days of touring, the boys from Mission […]
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