Even though the California Department of Education in 2005 warned districts against using Narconon as a viable drug prevention curriculum, the group is still in schools – including South Tahoe High School. “Yes, Narconon has sent a guest presenter to the Health Seminar class at STHS. They share curriculum with the students to have them […]
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By Katharine Mieszkowski, Center for Investigative Journalism The last time California endured a drought, legislators set their sights on the state’s heaviest water users: farmers. The state designed laws to push agricultural water districts to closely track their water flow and make the largest districts charge farmers based on how much they use. The economic […]
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U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit will host the fourth Wild Tahoe Weekend on June 7-8 at Taylor Creek Visitor Center. The weekend event consists of the Lake Tahoe Bird Festival on that Saturday and the Native Species Festival on Sunday. Lake Tahoe Bird Festival, a family event, is free from 10am-3:30pm. The […]
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Campground by the Lake guests were not enjoying peaceful nights of sleep this week because of work on Harrison Avenue. “The contractor had not planned on working any nights at all, but the delay caused by finding underground tanks, combined with losing four days due to weather, they decided to work Wednesday and Thursday nights […]
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• The Thunderbird is out of commission until $250,000 is raised to repair the historic boat’s twin Allison aircraft engines. • The marine GPS class on June 28 will cover a brief treatment of GPS theory, how to set up a GPS unit, three waypoints (create, edit, navigate), hands on operation, and what not to […]
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By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe Airport is not going to have commercial air service any time soon, if ever. Lake Tahoe Airport is not going to stop being an airport. Lake Tahoe Airport could be more than it is. Those were the major points delivered Thursday night at a meeting about the master plan for […]
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To the community, As a Meyers’ resident, I’d like to congratulate Barbara Gerland and her family on Freel Perk’s one-year anniversary this June. Barbara and her three children have put together a warm and eco-friendly shop at 3141 Highway 50. They serve locally-brewed, fair trade coffees and teas from the Alpen Sierra Roasting Company in […]
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No fines will be levied against the owners of the Tahoe Keys Marina in regards to a sewage spill earlier this month. “It is not clear if negligence or vandalism occurred,” Lauri Kemper with Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board told Lake Tahoe News. She said her agency, along with El Dorado County Health Department […]
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By Tyler Kingkade, Huffington Post It pays to be a public college president, and it seems only to be getting better for them. The number of chief executives at state colleges and universities earning at least $1 million more than doubled in fiscal year 2013, according to an analysis by the Chronicle of Higher Education […]
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Douglas County is offering two days of free tennis instruction for children 8 and older. Veteran instructors Rob Wheatley and Hersh Herschman will lead youngsters through a variety of drills that are designed to introduce them to the sport as well as refine skills of those who are more experienced. There will be a limited […]
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