Truckee Tahoe Airport District is seeking public input on the draft 2014 Master Plan. The purpose of the document is to create a blueprint for facility and infrastructure planning for the next 10 to 15 years. The ultimate goal of the updated plan is to recommend development options and policies that best fit the needs […]
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The Lake Valley schoolhouse was at the Y in South Lake Tahoe until the 1950s when Safeway opened a new supermarket on that site in the building now occupied by TJ Maxx. The schoolhouse building was picked up and moved to the corner of Young Street and William Avenue behind Ahern Rentals and Chapel of […]
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By Kathryn Reed Soaking in hot water has a history dating to the 4th century BC. There’s been quite an evolution from hot stones being placed in water to today’s fiberglass tubs found in so many Lake Tahoe back yards. It was in the 1940s that hot tubs started to become popular in the United […]
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By Larry Weitzman “She left the city in rubble,” said Lloyd Oneto, an Ione city councilman speaking of former Ione City Manager Kim Kerr. “When she was hired in 2007 the city had $8 million in the Local Agency investment Fund (the city’s main bank account). When she left in 2011 it had a negative […]
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Pine Lodge, also known as the Ehrman Mansion, at Sugar Pine Point State Park is having a living history day July 26 from 11am-4pm. It will include tours, a children’s activity zone, antique car show, the Eagle Wing Dancers, live music and historic wooden boat display. Refreshments will be available for purchase. All events are […]
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Tahoe City Public Utility District’s board is having public workshop July 1 about water and sewer rates. TCPUD is preparing an update to its 2008-09 Water and Sewer Rate Analysis. HDR Engineering will be doing the analysis. TCPUD will be considering its rate structure for 2015-20. “We believe that due to the significant rate increases […]
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• On June 24, the Lake Tahoe Community College board of trustees is expected to vote on a new mascot; it has been the kokanee and is proposed to be a coyote. The colors of green and white may be expanded to include blue. • Roots & Wings Preschool at Kahle Community Center in Stateline […]
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By Susan Montoya Bryan, AP ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — An environmental group called on federal wildlife managers Wednesday to update a decades-old recovery plan for grizzly bears to ensure the animal’s return to the Grand Canyon and other areas of the West. The Center for Biological Diversity, in a petition filed with the U.S. Fish and […]
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By Melissa Breyer, Mother Nature Network Honeybees have been having a rough go of it lately; between tragic insecticide mishaps, truck crashes and especially colony collapse disorder, the poor things can’t get a break. And now to add to their troubles, honeybees in California are suffering from the drought, which is leaving them with very […]
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Two bridges and 2.6 miles of bike trail will be rehabbed in South Lake Tahoe starting July 7. It should take about one month to finish the project. The project including reconstructing the trail that was installed more than 20 years ago. It runs parallel to Highway 50 from Los Angeles Avenue to Motel 6 […]
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