By Kathryn Reed Pros and cons of various time lines to complete capital improvement projects were discussed last week by the South Tahoe Public Utility District board. No action was taken, but the board is on track to go forward with the multi-year rate increase plan for sewer and water customers that was approved last […]
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By Kim Wyatt STATELINE – Tahoe is going to have some sore knees, and it’s no thanks to snow. The English Beat brought its signature ska to a lively show at the newly opened Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Saturday night. The almost two-hour set was packed with crowd-pleasing tunes that afforded the largely middle-aged […]
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By Bill Pennington, New York Times BEAVER CREEK — When the Alpine world ski championships were last on American soil, in 1999, no member of the United States team won a medal. With the championships back in Colorado this month, the event was expected to be a chance for the American racers to show how […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Mental health isn’t a laughing matter until one hears Lewis Black’s rant about the system. It’s not that he finds mental illness humorous, but he pokes fun at how people in the United States deal with it. Black, the king of angry humor, brought his show to a full house […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe businesses with contaminants at their businesses that could reach Lake Tahoe via a storm drain are soon going to face stricter scrutiny. The city is developing a commercial stormwater program that will affect 188 businesses – 12 gas stations, 33 automotive related businesses, 141 restaurants and two industrial enterprises. […]
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By J.D. Morris, Las Vegas Sun Caesars Entertainment’s next chief executive left his last job after revelations of accounting problems at his company and calls for his resignation from some investors. Mark Frissora, the Caesars CEO-designate who formerly headed the rental car company Hertz, now wades into another financially fraught corporate environment. The largest operating […]
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By Kathryn Reed Twenty years ago images of people playing on Lake Tahoe all involved motorized watercraft. Today it’s almost always human powered vessels that are in photographs and video. Some of that change has to do with a project that started 20 years ago – Lake Tahoe Water Trail. The idea then and now […]
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By Associated Press A Utah congressman is reviving an effort to ban online gambling throughout the United States. Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz reintroduced his Restoration of America’s Wire Act bill on Wednesday. The measure would reverse the Justice Department’s 2011 decision allowing online gambling with the exception of sports betting. It’s identical to one he […]
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By Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times As the California drought enters its fourth year, scientists are trying to genetically engineer plants that survive on less water. After adding a new piece of genetic code to their DNA, tomatoes and other plants were able to hold on to more water and survive for as many as […]
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By Kathryn Reed MEYERS – Help is possibly on its way for the Tahoe Paradise Resort Improvement District. The board that runs this park on the South Shore agreed on a 4-1 vote Feb. 5 to enter a memorandum of understanding with El Dorado County for the government to assist with administrative responsibilities. Judy Clot […]
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