Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News convened an editorial panel of seven community members to come up with this endorsement. An elected board, while comprised of individuals, ultimately is a team. They don’t have to agree – in fact 5-0 votes are not necessarily a sign of a healthy board – but they do need to […]
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By J.D. Morris, Las Vegas Sun Sheldon Adelson continued his crusade against online gaming, passionately opposing its legalization during an appearance at a major gaming industry trade show. Adelson, CEO of Las Vegas Sands, is arguably the loudest critical voice against legal gambling on the Internet. He made his latest remarks during a keynote discussion […]
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By Diana Lambert and Phillip Reese, Sacramento Bee California students are getting better at passing the high school graduation exam, but the test may be on its way out. The state is in the midst of an education overhaul as schools begin adopting Common Core State Standards, national guidelines that proponents say focus more on […]
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By Kathryn Reed A song, like poetry, can capture a mood, leave an edible mark and forever resonate throughout time. It can be head-banging, soul-searching, spine-tingling. “Music is different to every single person. So is how you interpret it,” Don Marrandino, general manager of Lake Tahoe Hard Rock, told Lake Tahoe News. Marrandino knows his […]
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By Nathan Hurst, Springfield News-Leader COLUMBIA, Mo. – Researchers at the University of Missouri and the University of Minnesota have found that local governments can help cut record levels of youth obesity by expanding public lands available for recreation. Sonja Wilhelm-Stanis, an associate professor of parks, recreation and tourism in the MU College of Agriculture, […]
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By Scott Sonner, AP You’d be hungry too if you couldn’t find any food and were used to eating the equivalent of more than 80 cheeseburgers a day. An already busy bear season has exploded in the Sierra Nevada with nine hungry bruins captured since Wednesday morning near Reno and Lake Tahoe as an ongoing […]
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By Kathryn Reed INCLINE VILLAGE – It’s possible people won’t be able to pedal the Incline Village to Sand Harbor bike trail that is slated to break ground next summer. And it has nothing to do with the grade – that is expected to be no more than 5 percent. Nor even the length to […]
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By Steve Gorman, Reuters LOS ANGELES — California forestry officials have opened an inquiry into a life-threatening ordeal faced by 12 firefighters who were nearly engulfed by flames in the Sierra Nevada last month before a helicopter pilot flew to the scene and led them to safety. The team had already crawled into foil-lined personal fire […]
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By AP SACRAMENTO — California officials are urging residents and businesses to keep conserving water as the state ends another extremely dry “water year” with no guarantee the coming year will be any wetter. The 2014 water year that ended Tuesday was one of the driest on record, with the state getting less than 60 […]
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Publisher’s note: Lake Tahoe News asked the two El Dorado County District 5 supervisor candidates a series of questions. All are the same except for one that is specific to each candidate. The responses are being run in the order LTN received them. Name: Kenny Curtzwiler Profession/work experience: Room service waiter at Sahara Tahoe – […]
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