By Kathryn Reed STATELINE — It’s over. That would be the comment period for the draft environmental documents for the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency’s Regional Plan update. On the final day – June 28 – 21 people spoke during the Governing Board meeting in Stateline. Two were opposed to the preferred alternative. About a dozen […]
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By Barbara Barte Osborn, Sacramento Bee NEVADA CITY — Fire restrictions will go into effect Sunday in the Tahoe National Forest due to dry conditions. “I’d also like to remind folks that all fireworks are illegal in the national forests,” Forest Supervisor Tom Quinn said in a news release. Because illegal and abandoned campfires are […]
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Carson City is hosting the 2012 American Motorcycle Association’s International Women & Motorcycling Conference July 26-29. Women riders will spend the weekend in the capital city with a slew of activities planned including inspirational speakers, demonstrations, product showcases and plenty of opportunities to ride. Since 1924, the organization has promoted the motorcycle lifestyle. The AMA […]
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Bona Fide Books annually awards the Melissa Lanitis Gregory Poetry Prize for an unpublished collection of poems. Submissions for this year’s contest are being taken until Aug. 31. The winner will receive publication, 10 copies, a $500 cash award, and a reading at Lake Tahoe. Submit a previously unpublished, full-length poetry manuscript of between 48 […]
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By Mark Hanson As children blossom into young men and women, most insist on planning and running their own lives. Parents worry about all the basic essentials for their kids’ independent living, like housing, eating properly, staying warm, being careful at night and more. But most parents forget to teach their youngsters one of the […]
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AAUW home tour focuses on old cabins By Jessie Marchesseau Original old Tahoe cabins all over the area. The little box-like ones clad in weathered wood siding or just plain logs. It’s hard not to wonder what those little gems look like inside and what they looked like way back when. Saturday’s American Association of […]
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The Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe has relaunched its Heroes Now & Forever campaign to raise the final $1 million needed to build an animal shelter that will serve the region. HSTT has raised $2.4 million to fund the shelter’s construction. While the nonprofit organization is well on its way and almost there, it has encountered […]
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By Lauren Kirchner, Columbia Journalism Review Early on a February morning, in a glass-walled conference room high up in the Hearst Tower in Manhattan, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe spoke in a careful, reassuring tone. “We can do this; I know that we can do this,” he told the audience, which included representatives from magazine-industry heavyweights […]
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South Lake Tahoe Police responded to a report of a stabbing in area of 11th Street and Eloise Avenue earlier today. Police and South Lake Tahoe Fire Department found a 22 year-old male who had a stab injury to his arm. He was transported to Barton Hospital for treatment. The suspect was described as a […]
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By Hugo Martin, Los Angeles Times June Mountain, the Eastern Sierra resort that has failed to make a profit in 26 years, is closing for the summer and won’t reopen for the upcoming ski season, the resort operator has announced. The closure will give the resort operator time to evaluate how to make the mountain […]
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