By Anjeanette Damon, Las Vegas Sun Election after election, Democrats in Nevada have demonstrated they have the superior party apparatus. Democrats can count the ways they have the upper hand in Nevada’s political landscape: 100,000 more registered voters than Republicans; a well-funded, professionally staffed party organization; and a proven turnout machine. Oh, and Democrats have […]
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Updated 3;30pm: The U.S. Forest Service is reporting five small fires, all located between Echo and Monument. Not one is expected to spread much before crews can get to them to put them out. — It was a restless night Monday for many people in and around the Lake Tahoe Basin with all the booming […]
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Al Gore will be one of the speakers at the 17th annual Lake Tahoe Environmental Summit. It was 1997 when he was vice president that then President Bill Clinton launched the summits. This year’s event is being hosted by Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev. It will be at Sand Harbor on Aug. 19. The governors of […]
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By Kathryn Reed Ray Nutting, his attorney and supporters believe the felony and misdemeanor charges brought against the El Dorado County supervisor should be dropped. Nutting didn’t say a word during his arraignment Monday in El Dorado County Superior Court in South Lake Tahoe. Before the hearing he sat with his wife and cadre of […]
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The Village People will be taking over MontBleu in Stateline on Aug. 3. With more than three decades of party music, the Village People will perform their hits “YMCA,” “In The Navy” and “Macho Man,” and “Go West” plus disco cover classics packaged and arranged to bring fans to their feet. The show begins at […]
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To the community, On July 15, Heavenly Mountain Resort sponsored its seventh Bread & Broth Adopt A Day of Nourishment for the year. With the $250 funding provided by the Vail Echo Foundation, B&B cooks prepared food sufficient to feed over 100 guests at St. Theresa Church Grace Hall. To supplement the dinner, Heavenly’s generous […]
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By Rebecca Klein, Huffington Post California’s teen birth rate has dropped nearly 60 percent as a result of expanded sex education programs, according to a report released by the California Department of Public Health last week. The report –- which was based on data collected until 2011 — revealed that the California teen birth rate […]
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A 6-year-old boy drowned at Jenkinson Lake near Sly Park on Sunday. Trip Demetri of Latrobe had gone missing about 4pm July 21. He was visiting the lake with his dad and sister. The siblings had been playing in the water. The boy was found underwater about 10 feet from shore. He was pronounced deceased […]
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“Apparently tempers flared, but it was a personal matter that was quickly resolved.” That is how Phil Weidinger, the public relations honcho for the American Century Championship golf tourney, described the fight between tournament champion Billy Joe Tolliver and another guy. Douglas County sheriff’s Sgt. Pat Brooks told Lake Tahoe News, “I don’t have any […]
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The two-day Ragnar Trail Tahoe is July 26-27. More than 1,000 runners are expected to participate in this relay event. The 17.6-mile course consists of three loops of varying length and difficulty at Sierra-at-Tahoe. Ragnar Relay Series has also partnered with TAMBA (Tahoe Area Mountain Bike Association) to continue improvements to the local trails in […]
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