By Kathryn Reed A lawsuit was filed this week to stop Kingsbury General Improvement District from making more than $6 million in improvements to its water pumping plant at the shore of Lake Tahoe. Tahoe Shores, which owns the land where the KGID facility is located in Stateline, has the authority per prior agreements to […]
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The League to Save Lake Tahoe’s third Step into the Blue event will be Nov. 28 from 5-9pm at Apres Wine on Ski Run Boulevard in South Lake Tahoe. Socialize, sip wine and have fun with like-minded people who want to Keep Tahoe Blue. RSVP on the Keep Tahoe Blue Facebook page. Step into the […]
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By Stacy Finz California’s egg farmers filed a lawsuit against the state late last week, arguing yet again that new standards for confining egg-laying hens under Proposition 2 are too vague to be enforced. They’re asking that the law, which goes into effect in January 2015, be abolished. The lawsuit marks the third legal challenge […]
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The deadline to apply to be on the Lake Tahoe Unified School District Citizens’ Bond Oversight Committee has been extended to Dec. 28 There will be seven vacancies as of Jan. 31. The following reps are needed: · A person active in a senior citizens’ organization. · A person active in a bona fide taxpayers’ […]
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By Bill Lindelof, Sacramento Bee A land trust will continue to lease a fishing campground at Webber Lake for four more years, even though the public will be able to access nearby Lacey Meadows. It was announced last week that the Truckee Donner Land Trust and the Trust for Public Land paid $8 million for […]
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To the community, Cannabis is legal in two states. The seeds of legalization, planted and cultivated all these years has finally born fruit. My work is done. Effective immediately I am retiring from marijuana politics, heading for Whistler Blackcomb and taking over as CEO of a publicly traded company. It has been my honor and […]
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By Los Angeles Times Slacker employees don’t pull their weight. But they do a great job attaching it to their bosses. Managers spend nearly 17 percent of their working hours dealing with poor performers, according to a report from staffing firm Robert Half International. That’s basically a full day a week that could have been […]
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It should be an awesome day on the slopes. More lifts and terrain are opening at resorts. Happy Thanksgiving! Here is the Nov. 22 ski report. — Curtis Fong
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• El Dorado County sheriff’s Deputies Damian Frisby and Bryan Brown were recognized as the Mother Lode Lions Club 2012 Officers of the Year. • Sierra-at-Tahoe is opening Thanksgiving Day. • Truckee Community Christmas has a new website. • Conde Nast Traveler readers picked their top 20 ski resorts. Squaw came in at No. 16. […]
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By Anne Knowles, Northern Nevada Business Weekly Candy canes have proven to be a sweet dessert for the V&T. With its main tourism season over, the Virginia & Truckee Railroad Co. moves into holiday events such as its Christmas-themed ride starting this week as well group trips for businesses, nonprofits and families. “Our main business […]
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