The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is soliciting proposals to reconstruct, operate and maintain Round Hill Pines Resort. Round Hill Pines is a family-oriented lakeside resort in Douglas County. This business opportunity includes a popular day-use area and beach, as well as the potential for redevelopment of current facilities. Bidders can also […]
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El Dorado County Sheriff’s Department is adding a detective to investigate elder abuse and financial crimes. The county’s population is 31.62 percent over the state’s average for citizens over the age of 65. Recent national statistics show, more than a half million reports of abuse against the elderly are reported every year, while millions more […]
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Stop reading and get out on the slopes. Enjoy the blue sky today in between storms. Here is the Dec. 19 ski report. — Curtis Fong
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• Snowboarder Shaun White, who trains at Northstar, had his locks cut off Dec. 18 for a good cause. • More than 3,100 volunteers are needed for Ironman Lake Tahoe on Sept. 22. To register for a volunteer position, go online. • Shelly Aldean will be chairwoman of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board […]
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Auditions of Lake Tahoe Community College’s “Around the World in 80 Days” are Jan. 8. It’s dubbed as Monty Python meets the Three Stooges. Adventurer Phileas Fogg has agreed to an outrageous wager that puts his fortune and his life at risk. With his resourceful servant, Passepartout, Fogg sets out to circle the globe in […]
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Last Chair Music Festival will be the first two weekends of January at Squaw Valley. Live music will be performed Friday and Saturday nights. “Part of our Renaissance is bringing world-class music to the slopes of Squaw Valley,” said Andy Wirth, president and CEO of Squaw Valley, said in a press release. “As we work […]
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By Scott A. Lukas Like many people I know, I was deeply disturbed by the events that occurred in Newtown, Conn. Like others, I had emotional reactions to the mass murders. As a social scientist, I am interested in looking at these types of events and placing them in larger social contexts. After watching some […]
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By Kathryn Reed Before Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care backers begin an all-out fund-raising campaign to get the dollars together to buy a 16-acre parcel in Meyers and transform it into a state-of-the-art rehabilitation-education center, they want to make sure TRPA is OK with their plans. This is why even though LTWC doesn’t own the property, […]
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By Sean Whaley, Nevada News Bureau CARSON CITY –- Nevada Supreme Court Justice James Hardesty said Monday that the country will not have success in reducing the tragic type of shooting incident that occurred Friday in Connecticut without providing more mental health support. Hardesty, interviewed on the “Nevada NewsMakers” television program, said “we’re going backward” […]
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