Publisher’s note: The following endorsement is from Lake Tahoe News after a team of seven community members gathered to discuss who should be on the Lake Valley Fire Protection District board. Lake Valley Fire Protection District will be 70 years old next year. One would think with that kind of history it would run like a […]
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By Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle Devastating wildfires like the giant that is still chewing through Big Sur are driving the nation’s firefighting costs to unprecedented levels, prompting the Obama administration to say the government is ill-equipped to handle the increasingly busy fire seasons of the historically dry West. White House Budget Director Shaun Donovan […]
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By Sammy Caiola, Sacramento Bee Miranda Leconte can’t stand litterers. She’s irked by backpackers who camp in Desolation Wilderness without permits, and she’s got a lot to say to people who build fires there, despite the many warnings that it’s forbidden. If she sounds like a stickler it’s because she is, but for good reason […]
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Publisher’s note: The following endorsement is from Lake Tahoe News after a team of seven community members gathered to discuss who should be on the Douglas County School District board. Parents of students in Douglas County schools at Lake Tahoe have for years had a love-hate relationship with the board of education and administrators in Minden. […]
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By Kathryn Reed In what was touted to be a signature project to showcase how redevelopment can work to benefit the environment and the economy, and how competing agencies could work together is now the ultimate example of Tahoe drama that has collectively cost taxpayers and the would-be developer nearly $1 million. South Lake Tahoe […]
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By Brad Branan, Sacramento Bee YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK — When naturalist John Muir explored Lyell Glacier in Yosemite National Park about 150 years ago, the river of ice stretched as far as 10 football fields between the peaks of the Lyell Canyon, a glacier one might expect to see in Alaska, not California. Today, it’s […]
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Publisher’s note: The following endorsement is from Lake Tahoe News after a team of seven community members gathered to discuss who should be on the South Tahoe Public Utility District board. Water and sewer are not sexy topics. However, in today’s world water is only going to become more important. That is why it is vital […]
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By Kathryn Reed Not everyone in the world – even in the United States – has running water. And while this might be common knowledge for adults, students in Lake Tahoe Unified School District have a better understanding of that reality after hauling water from one container to another. This is just one of the […]
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By Alejandro Lazo and Anne Tergesen, Wall Street Journal Gov. Jerry Brown approved a bill creating state-sponsored retirement plans for about 6.8 million Californians who don’t have them through their private employers. The nation’s most populous state becomes the eighth state to establish such a program. The AARP estimates about 55 million full- and part-time private-sector workers […]
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Publisher’s note: The following endorsement is from Lake Tahoe News after a team of seven community members gathered to discuss who should be on the Lake Tahoe Community College board of education. Forthright, informed and prepared to serve – that’s Nancy Dalton. Those are some of the reasons why Lake Tahoe News is endorsing her for […]
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