Each year at this time the Lake Tahoe Community College Art Department comes out of its studios and permeates the college with a cornucopia of visual delights. In other words, it is time for the Annual Student Art Exhibition. The opening reception for this year’s exhibition will be on May 19 from 2-5pm, with an […]
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By Kelly Whiteside, USA Today Political relations between the U.S. and Russia have been especially icy this year, but eight months before the start of the Sochi Olympics, the relationship between the countries’ skiing federations continues to be warm. “We’ll see how it plays out in Sochi itself, but the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association […]
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By Richard Lardner, AP WASHINGTON — The U.S. Forest Service is in the business of preventing fires, not starting them. Yet the agency set off alarms in Congress and state capitols across the West by citing the automatic spending cuts as the basis for demanding that dozens of states return $17.9 million in federal subsidies. […]
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Caltrans on May 6 will begin work on Highway 50 from Ski Run Boulevard to Wildwood Avenue. Construction through June 30 will occur primarily from 6am-6pm Monday through Thursday and Friday from 4am-noon. Beginning July 1, night work is expected from 8pm-11am Monday through Friday. Motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians are asked to be patient and […]
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To the community, Who will slay the TRPA? Will it be Nevada or California that kills the beast? The soap opera has public officials in both states playing musical chairs. Some who wanted the TRPA dead now wish it to live because the big bad bear California is threatening to create a California agency for […]
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AT&T wants to install overhead fiber optic lines on existing poles near Diamond Peak Ski Resort in Incline Village. The idea is that people would have better cell phone and Internet service. The U.S. Forest Service, as landowners, will decide if the project goes forward. No land has to be disturbed in the 10,740-square-foot area […]
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By Australia Network News On World Press Freedom Day, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says press freedom “does not happen automatically,” but requires the creation of a safe environment for dialogue, where journalists can do their jobs without fear of reprisal. “Every day, freedom of expression faces new threats. Because they help ensure transparency and accountability […]
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By Chris Megerian, Los Angeles Times SACRAMENTO — California has been flooded with revenue this tax season and is on track to finish the fiscal year with a surplus of billions of dollars, according to officials. State coffers contain about $4.5 billion more than expected in personal income tax payments. Nearly $2.8 billion of it […]
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By Dan Charles, NPR Say the words “crop insurance,” and most people start to yawn. For years, few non-farmers knew much about these government-subsidized insurance policies, and even fewer found any fault with them. After all, who could criticize a safety net for farmers that saves them from getting wiped out by floods or drought? […]
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• Are you a paid subscriber to Lake Tahoe News? Here is a paid subscriber form. • The National Ski Areas Association named Kirkwood as having the Best Avalanche Safety Program, Sugar Bowl the Best Chairlift Safety Program and Mammoth the Best Safety Week Program. • North Lake Tahoe has an ad in Southwest Airline’s […]
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