The Lake Tahoe Educational Foundation will have its annual signature fundraiser — Fall Food Fest — on Oct. 26 from 6:30-10pm at Harveys in Stateline. This community event will feature food by local restaurants, beer, wine, tequila, and vodka tasting, silent and live auctions, and live music. The money from this fundraiser is used to […]
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A kayaking excursion on Lake Tahoe ended with one person being treated for hypothermia at Barton Memorial Hospital. “A male subject was lying on top of the overturned kayak and he appeared to be in medical distress and almost lifeless,” the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department’s Oct. 10 press release reads. The incident occurred Oct. […]
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By Carl Lygren, KOLO-TV It’s a sign Nevada’s film incentive program will be successful; a local casting agency is holding auditions this week for a film that’s set to be shot in Reno and Lake Tahoe in the coming weeks. The production will take place entirely within the state of Nevada. Even though film incentives […]
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By Ron Nixon, New York Times WASHINGTON — The government shutdown is endangering what America eats, food safety experts said this week, as all inspections of domestic food except meat and poultry have halted and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recalled furloughed workers to handle a salmonella outbreak that sickened hundreds of people […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Tahoe High School math instructor Paul Kushner returned to the classroom Thursday after being off for five days while the district investigated what websites he had been looking at while at school and on the district’s computer. “Appropriate disciplinary action was taken,” Jim Tarwater, Lake Tahoe Unified School district superintendent, told […]
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Bonds on the 10-year-old South Lake Tahoe parking garage are going to be refinanced. While the interest rate will be lower, the payment date will be extended another 10 years from the original 30-year end date. However, financial experts have told the city it’s possible the debt could be paid off in 20 years. And […]
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By Anjeanette Damon and Andrew Doughman, Las Vegas Sun CARSON CITY — Gov. Brian Sandoval said Wednesday Nevada is in danger of “catastrophic” consequences if the federal government shutdown persists until the end of the month. Most state agencies are able to continue federal programs until the end of the month, Sandoval was told in […]
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• SnowGlobe has released its lineup for the Dec. 29-31 South Lake Tahoe music festival. Tickets are also on sale. • Douglas County is working on a program called Open for Business. The goal is to evaluate how the county is communicating with the business community, including existing businesses and businesses looking to relocate. Here […]
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I would like to encourage everyone buying costumes for Halloween to check the labels and make sure they are made of flame retardant materials. Materials made of 100 percent polyester are best suited for Halloween costumes. These costume materials may be purchased at most local fabric stores. The use of commercial flame retardant sprays is […]
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By Richard Perez-Pena, New York Times American adults lag well behind their counterparts in most other developed countries in the mathematical and technical skills needed for a modern workplace, according to a study released Tuesday. The study, perhaps the most detailed of its kind, shows that the well-documented pattern of several other countries surging past […]
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