By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe police Officer Johnny Poland is going to prison. Poland pleaded guilty today to obstruction of an official proceeding. This was one of four charges leveled against the 44-year-old earlier this year. He will be sentenced Aug. 7. He faces a maximum sentence of 20 years behind bars, a $250,000 […]
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Keith Cooney of South Lake Tahoe and a friend are going to the El Dorado County Fair next month compliments of Lake Tahoe News and the fair board. He correctly answered the question about when the fair began. Here is a little more history about the fair from the organization’s website: The first recorded Fair […]
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The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association is looking for future Olympic acrobatic athletes who are younger than 19 to participate in the Elite Aerial Development Program in Lake Placid, N.Y., or the Western Development Aerial Program Fly Freestyle in Park City, Utah. The EADP has converted acrobatic athletes from sports like gymnastics, trampoline, diving and […]
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The Mooneys are about to take over Lake Tahoe Airport. After a two-year hiatus, Mooney Aircraft owners and pilots are returning to South Lake Tahoe for their largest fly-inn in the nation. They will be in town June 21-23. Mooney Aircraft Company has manufactured more than 11,000 aircraft. The Mooney line is renowned for high […]
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• Valhalla’s free concert series starts June 16 with the South Tahoe High School jazz band performing from noon-2pm. The Tallac Historic Site is located two miles past the intersection of highways 50 and 89, just past Camp Richardson, on the lake side of Highway 89. • Lake Tahoe Community College’s graduation is June 28 […]
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By Kathryn Reed No longer can opponents to South Lake Tahoe’s expansion of metered parking point to Truckee as an example of a town that continuously loses money with paid parking. Truckee is projected to net $140,000 this fiscal year that ends June 30. And the town council this month agreed – unanimously – to […]
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The Wild West returns to Virginia City on July 12. See the early days of Nevada through the eyes of Eilley Bowers – famous “Queen of the Comstock” — and Julia Bulette – Virginia City’s most beloved “working girl”. With their dislike for one another, the comedy and the drama will unfold on the stage […]
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To the community, For their fifth Bread & Broth Adopt A Day sponsorship of the year, Heavenly Mountain Resort covered the financial cost of the May 13 evening’s meal. They also sent a first time crew of four from the Heavenly Tahoe Vacation office along with frequent B&B volunteer Jolena Hearn, assistant manager, greeters/hosts. The […]
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Two mudslides and two landslides in April-May 1983 impacted the Lake Tahoe Basin. The two slides on Highway 50 virtually isolated tourism-driven South Lake Tahoe for months, causing some businesses to close. This old VHS tape is Tad Dunbar reporting on KOLO-TV Reno detailing all four slides. Bill Kingman of South Lake Tahoe compiled this […]
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Unable to call the courthouse, prospective jurors did their due diligence and showed up for potential jury duty on Tuesday. What happened is hundreds of – with some estimates being close to 500 – people were outside the Johnson Boulevard facility in South Lake Tahoe. About 20 percent of those people were needed for questioning. […]
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