A $4,800 grant from the Lake Tahoe Education Foundation led to the creation of eight after school enrichment clubs at Bijou Community School. Parent Kathy Haven gave a brief report to the Lake Tahoe Unified board of education Tuesday about how well it’s going in such a short period of time. Two-hundred kids signed up […]
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By Martha Bellisle, Reno Gazette-Journal A Catholic priest fired from his position at a Zephyr Cove church for seeking a protective order against a deacon after receiving a death threat has sued the Diocese of Reno and Bishop Randolph Calvo. The Rev. Richard DeMolen, former pastor of Our Lady of Tahoe Church, said in the […]
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The 2009 Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championships are at Northstar at Tahoe Oct. 16-18. The best collegiate mountain bike athletes will descend upon the largest bike park in Northern California for three intense days of racing. Come on out and cheer for your favorite college or university team as they race hard all weekend to […]
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Alpine County will receive $1.5 million from the federal stimulus package to resurface 14.6 lane miles of Highway 4 near Markleeville. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s California Recovery Task Force on Thursday announced that $53 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding has been allocated by the California Transportation Commission to five additional transportation projects in […]
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Find out on KTHO AM-590 what the South Lake Tahoe Women’s Center is doing this month for Domestic Violence Awareness month. Listen Saturday at 10am or Monday at 6pm. It’s also streaming at www.KTHOradio.com.
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South Tahoe High grad Chuck Garric will be in town tonight in Harrah’s Showroom because he is part of Alice Cooper’s band. Garric will be at the Hard Rock Café instead Harveys at 4:30pm to chat with fans and friends. The $5 fee for the party goes toward STHS’s music program. For more information, call […]
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A 10-month investigation culminated in the arrests of three people this week when an anabolic steroid manufacturing ring was busted in El Dorado and Sacramento counties. “In terms of underground steroid labs, this was a huge seizure for this area,†Gordon Taylor, DEA assistant special agent in charge, said in a statement. “The illegal use […]
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Much of the smoke you are likely to see today in and around the Lake Tahoe Basin is coming from various controlled burns. There is one near Stateline, Fallen Leaf Lake and another farther up the West Shore. The burns are scheduled on days without wind, when the temperature is ideal and humidity levels are […]
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By Kathryn Reed Transparency within South Lake Tahoe’s city government is about as clear as mud, which is appropriate since plenty of it is being slung. But what it’s sticking to is even less clear. On Oct. 20 the City Council is expected to decide Jacqueline Mittelstadt’s future as city attorney. Mittelstadt told Lake Tahoe […]
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By Susan Wood Nevada park officials were granted a weeklong excavation extension by TRPA to work past today’s deadline of no more dirt moving so progress can be made on the 725-acre Van Sickle Bi-state Park that is situated under the Heavenly gondola near Stateline. Storm drainage work on the $2.8 million phase of the […]
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