By Susan Wood After five years of wrangling between parties, Lake Tahoe businesses and fire agencies left burned by shoddy accounting practices from the bankrupt Nevada Fire Safe Council are expected to see reimbursements for fuel reduction efforts. U.S. Bankruptcy Court of Nevada Judge Bruce T. Beesley ruled in favor of approving a settlement with […]
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Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News asked candidates for South Lake Tahoe City Council, Lake Tahoe Community College, Lake Tahoe Unified School District, Douglas County School District, South Tahoe Public Utility District and Lake Valley Fire Protection District a series of questions. We are running the responses in the order received. All profiles may be found […]
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By Kathryn Reed The animosity between the California Tahoe Conservancy and city of South Lake Tahoe was palpable last week at the state agency’s board meeting. Tom Davis, who is the city’s rep on the CTC board, said it’s time to clarify what the staff can do and what should come to the board. The […]
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By John M. Glionna, Las Vegas Review-Journal BAKER — In 1977, when Highway 50 was still the road less traveled, just another anonymous stretch of asphalt traversing the American West, Denys Koyle’s life took an unpredictable turn. At age 28, she moved her young family from Huntington Beach, California, to this windblown frontier town on […]
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Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News asked candidates for South Lake Tahoe City Council, Lake Tahoe Community College, Lake Tahoe Unified School District, Douglas County School District, South Tahoe Public Utility District and Lake Valley Fire Protection District a series of questions. We are running the responses in the order received. All profiles may be found […]
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By Alex Soeth, Reno Gazette-Journal Does your business have a product made in Nevada? If so, the Nevada Small Business Development Center would like to help you spread its awareness. Made in Nevada, managed by the Nevada SBDC, is a nonprofit marketing and branding initiative that has proudly promoted Nevada-made products for more than 25 […]
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By Kathryn Reed ECHO SUMMIT – Casually walking along the Pony Express Trail we wonder how pioneers had the gumption to push on through the Sierra. Hiking with ample water and modern clothing is a breeze. And we had a map. To have done so with wagons, cumbersome clothing and at times with inadequate supplies […]
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Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News asked candidates for South Lake Tahoe City Council, Lake Tahoe Community College, Lake Tahoe Unified School District, Douglas County School District, South Tahoe Public Utility District and Lake Valley Fire Protection District a series of questions. We are running the responses in the order received. All profiles may be found […]
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By Tracy Bloom and Eric Spillman, KTLA-TV A grim study led by a UCLA geography professor revealed that the current five-year drought in California could last indefinitely, with the resulting arid conditions becoming “the new normal” for the state. The study, which looked at prolonged periods of dryness in California over the past 10,000 years, was […]
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By Kathryn Reed The budget the South Lake Tahoe City Council will be asked to approve on Tuesday has been built with cautious optimism. City Manager Nancy Kerry likes to look at the big picture when putting numbers together. In particular she is paying attention to models that show recessions in the last 50 years […]
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