By Mary Clarie Jalonick, AP WASHINGTON — The organic food industry is gaining clout on Capitol Hill, prompted by rising consumer demand and its entry into traditional farm states. But that isn’t going over well with everyone in Congress. Tensions between conventional and organic agriculture boiled over this week during a late-night House Agriculture Committee […]
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Slightly Stoopid is returning to the South Shore this summer. The San Diego-based headliner, with a legion of followers known as the Stoopidheads, will bring its folk, rock, reggae and blues fused with hip-hop, funk, metal and punk to MontBleu on July 18. The last time the band was here was in 2011 at Harveys. […]
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By Barbara Barte Osborn, Sacramento Bee TRUCKEE — The Placer County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in identifying three persons of interest in a series of auto burglaries. The burglaries occurred April 20 along Highway 89 between Truckee and Tahoe City. “The subjects are persons of interest and sheriff’s detectives would like to […]
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By Rebecca Wass Enjoying life to the fullest may be difficult for a terminally ill person without help. Hospice care provides physical, emotional, spiritual, and social support for those who need health care associated with a terminal illness. “Barton Hospice is attentive, sensitive, and responsive to patients’ and families’ needs, from information to reassurance and […]
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Interim has been lost from the title of two employees at Lake Tahoe Community College. The board this week made Virginia Boyar permanent dean of Career and Technical Education and Kurt Green permanent dean of Instruction. Both had been in the respective jobs on a temporary basis. Because there is no increase in the number […]
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With the summer season approaching, agencies are asking residents and visitors to practice proper food storage and trash disposal when living in or visiting bear country. There are an estimated 10,000 to 15,000 American black bears living in the Sierra Nevada. Spring is the time when bears emerge from their winter dens in search of […]
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TOCCATA Summer Solstice Serenade concert series is June 20-25. The program includes works by CPE Bach, J.S. Bach, Vivaldi, and Reinberger with guest flutist Josue Casillas; tenor, Daniel Paulson; and organist, David Brock. Tahoe Symphony Orchestra and Chorus performances are: June 20 at 7pm at St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church in Incline Village (341 Village Blvd.) […]
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• Lake Tahoe Historical Society on May 28 at 7pm at Camp Richardson Lodge will host Dave Borges, who will talk about air flight in the Lake Tahoe Basin – the successes and tragedies. • The Reno Tahoe Chapter of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization’s 2013-14 board of directors as of June 1 are: President Rick Graver, […]
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By Kathryn Reed Who owns the water lines at the Chateau site? The answer is being debated. And until it’s resolved, the necessary contracts to go forward with covering some of the concrete and rebar at the far eastern edge of South Lake Tahoe can’t be signed. When Lake Tahoe Development Company was going to […]
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By Mandy Kendall Gone are the days when it was thought that in order to meditate you had to spend hours crossed legged on a hill somewhere in the middle of nowhere focusing on trying to relax. Studies have shown that even just a few minutes of concentrating on something (pretty much anything that isn’t […]
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