Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News this month will be running several stories leading up to the 10th anniversary of the Angora Fire on June 24, 2007. By Joanne Marchetta Ten years later, I recall it like yesterday. “Hey Joanne, come look at this.” I stood on our deck and squinted. I could see a wisp […]
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By Thomas Beaumont, AP DES MOINES, Iowa — A group of Republican and Democratic governors are echoing President Trump’s criticism of a House GOP health care bill, saying it threatens coverage for the most vulnerable. Instead, they’re asking Senate leaders to work together on an overhaul of Democrat Barack Obama’s health care law. In a […]
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By Kathryn Reed Ryan Galles is returning to Davis where he moved from in 2008 to become principal of Sierra House Elementary School. On Friday he announced his plans to his staff and students. “He is really the main reason I chose Sierra House. I could tell he loved his school and the students. He […]
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By Kathryn Reed It would be hard to find someone on the South Shore whose life has not been touched by cancer. Treatment, though, has usually required patients to travel to at least Carson City or Truckee; often farther depending on the type of cancer and one’s financial means. Barton Health wanted to be a […]
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By Thomas Moore, Las Vegas Sun The bulk of Nevada’s economy rests on one unglamorous, taken-for-granted object. It supports most of the state’s gaming win and resultant tax revenue, as well as a large portion the quarterly earnings for publicly traded gaming companies and as a result, sometimes their stock prices. To a large degree […]
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By Doyle Rice, USA Today Monstrous wildfires not only devastate communities and sometimes kill dozens each year in the U.S., but they also release a toxic brew of hazardous pollution, a new study found. That pollution, often in the form of microscopic specks known as aerosols, is “a hazard to human health, particularly to the lungs […]
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By Kathryn Reed Steve Neff, who was the chief financial officer for Barton Health from August 2014-March 2015, has filed a lawsuit against his former employer that is scheduled to go to trial in July. The lawsuit sites 11 causes of action. They include violation of labor law, fraud, breach of contract, harassment, unlawful termination […]
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By Scott Smith and Hallie Golden, AP Massive waterfalls in Yosemite National Park and rivers raging in mountains throughout the western United States are thundering with greater force than they have for years – and proving deadly as warm weather melts the deepest mountain snowpack in recent memory. Record snowfall on towering Western peaks this […]
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By Anshu Siripurapu, McClatchy Climate change appears to be fueling more wildfires as U.S. Forest Service officials are increasingly concerned they don’t have the funds to effectively handle another devastating season. While Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell told senators last week he’s got enough budget funds to deal with most of the 7,000 fires […]
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By Kathryn Reed A new era in the tourism boat industry at Lake Tahoe starts today with the Safari Rose’s maiden voyage from Ski Run Marina. Marina owner Elie Alyeshmerni has paid for a new, longer dock in order to accommodate the vessel that until now had been based at the Tahoe Keys Marina. For […]
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