Publisher’s note: This is the first of two stories about El Dorado County’s pioneer cemeteries. I first moved to South Lake Tahoe in 1979, and lived there off and on for more than three decades. Seven months ago, I moved to Placerville, where I now live near the top of Sacramento Hill, which rises steeply […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, AP RENO — Hot, dry and dusty. That’s how someone who buzzed across Nevada on Interstate 80 or Highway 50 might describe the scenery. But crossing the state on foot via the American Discovery Trail is a completely different experience. The national, coast-to-coast trail stretches 496 miles through Nevada from Baker to […]
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By Jodi Peterson, High Country News A federal report this week shows how dollars meant for forest restoration and wildfire preparedness often get diverted to fighting wildfires. It’s been that way for years, and as fires get bigger and more expensive to fight, the problem only gets worse. As we reported last summer: “Just a […]
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By Jessie Marchesseau Hockey isn’t about slamming people into walls, starting fights or broken teeth. It’s not even about scoring goals, blocking the puck or being able to move around on a 3mm wide slice of metal. For South Lake Tahoe’s junior hockey players, the sport is really about hard work, dedication, teamwork and friendship. […]
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By Lauren Weber and Joann S. Lublin, Wall Street Journal Can working fathers have it all? Some of them are giving it a shot. A new generation of fathers with corporate jobs is joining the debate about balancing work and family, a conversation long driven by working women. As the number of dual-earner couples grows […]
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By Lauri Kemper The Lahontan Water Board is considering closing a groundwater pollution cleanup case at the USA gas station in South Lake Tahoe after years of cleanup work following fuel spills and leaks at the site. The site is now considered a low threat to the environment and drinking water supplies. The USA gas […]
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By AJ Rothschild-Reed STATELINE – Mommy is letting some strange guy take my bed. I’m not sure about this. Suddenly there’s a knock on the door. I must protect my person. Oh, but wait, what do we have here? Some other guy has my bed and mommy seems to be paying for it. That seems […]
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By Scott Sonner, AP RENO — Republican regulars are relishing what they view as a return to normalcy after mainstream candidates defeated more conservative primary challengers in their struggle with tea party activists for control of Nevada’s GOP. Political analysts said it won’t be clear until November whether the results of Tuesday’s primary were driven […]
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By Mark Glover, Sacramento Bee More than 235 million people – visitors and residents alike – traveled within California in 2013, spending an all-time record of $109.6 billion, according to a report released by Visit California, the nonprofit that helps develop the state’s travel and tourism marketing programs. Visit California said last year’s travel-related spending […]
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Publisher’s note: This is this first of an occasional series of stories about the Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority and North Lake Tahoe Resort Association. By Anne Knowles Last year’s room nights on the South Shore were worth celebrating. After more than a decade of declines, save for a minor uptick a few years ago, room […]
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