El Dorado County Superintendent of Schools Vicki Barber plans to retire effective June 30. Barber, who was first elected county superintendent of schools in 1994, was re-elected for four additional terms. She started with the El Dorado County Office of Education in July 1983 as the director of Special Education, was promoted to assistant superintendent […]
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By Kathryn Reed In a bit of gamesmanship, South Lake Tahoe Mayor Tom Davis bumped colleague Angela Swanson from the California Tahoe Conservancy board and got himself appointed to it. Davis filled out the council assignments for the various boards and then the council voted on his recommendations. While this process has been done in […]
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By Anjeanette Damon, Las Vegas Sun Last month, the Nevada Economic Development Board signed off on a plan to invest $600,000 in tax dollars in a video game development company looking to relocate to Las Vegas. The decision to approve the money for Take-Two Interactive garnered little notice at the time and won unanimous support […]
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Shaping up to be a great day to carve some turns. Here is the Jan. 8 ski report. — Curtis Fong
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The iconic Swiss Chalet restaurant will remain closed for several more months. When reached last fall, owner Peter Baumann told Lake Tahoe News the South Lake Tahoe restaurant would reopen Dec. 12. That didn’t happen. On Jan. 7, he told LTN it will open in the summer. He said personal reasons are keeping the restaurant […]
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By Kathryn Reed TWIN BRIDGES – An X-ray of a wrist is on the light board. The patient is being seen in one of the three exam rooms. Out front all of his vitals are inserted into a computer. But this is no ordinary emergency room. This is where injured skiers and snowboarders come to […]
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TOCCATA – Tahoe Symphony Orchestra and Chorus continues its winter season with a series that features guest cellist Jeffrey Lastrapes in works by J.S. Bach, Vivaldi, Teleman, and Buxtehude. Performances are Feb. 9 at 3pm at St. Patrick’s Church in Incline Village; Feb. 10 at 3pm at St. Theresa Church in South Lake Tahoe; and […]
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By Barbara Barte Osborn, Sacramento Bee Placer County sheriff’s deputies are seeking the public’s help in apprehending a suspect who attempted one, and possibly two, recent armed robberies in North Lake Tahoe. The suspect is male, approximately 6-feet tall and about 180 pounds. He was wearing dark clothing and wielding a handgun, possibly a revolver, […]
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By Mary Callahan, Santa Rosa Press Democrat A 19-year-old Petaluma woman found dead in the snow near South Lake Tahoe appeared to have taken a wrong turn on New Year’s Eve and wandered through the snow a short distance before shedding her winter jacket and coming to rest behind a snow bank, authorities said Monday. […]
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By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Sun Lawmakers from across the country are contemplating whether it’s worthwhile to move into a domain that’s been almost exclusively Nevada’s since 1949 — legalized sports wagering. But a top Las Vegas race and sports book director says that even if other states cleared the numerous legal and legislative […]
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