By Kathryn Reed The first of two votes was taken Thursday to put sensitive land into the California Tahoe Conservancy’s hands and developable property in South Lake Tahoe’s control. The Conservancy board at the March 15 meeting at Lake Tahoe Community College agreed to give South Lake Tahoe 19 acres in exchange for 33 acres. […]
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By Anne Knowles A male black bear identified by the Nevada Department of Wildlife as the animal who ripped siding off an Incline Village home last month was caught and euthanized on Wednesday. NDOW discovered the bear after responding to a call it received from an individual in Incline Village the morning of March 14. […]
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By Kathryn Reed Performing arts is more like a disappearing act for many small communities – especially for the schools in those towns. Not so on the South Shore. With an annual budget of $100,000, Tahoe Arts Project is able to bring three to four shows a year to more than 5,000 children from Alpine […]
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By Jessie Marchesseau William Cottrell, a physician at Barton Osteoporosis & Bone Health, is partnering with the pharmaceutical company Amgen to host an observational study for the osteoporosis drug Prolia. The drug was approved by the FDA and released to pharmacies in 2010. So this is not a trial to see if the drug works […]
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By Susan Wood Even the Easter Bunny wouldn’t put all his eggs in one basket this spring. So why would a smart ski resort company do the same in winter? That’s the question major U.S. ski resort companies such as Vail Resorts and Powdr Corp. ponder every year with their mix of assets, investments and […]
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By Kathryn Reed Providing more public access to Lake Tahoe as well as increasing the views for pedestrians, cyclists and motorists would be achieved if the Alta Mira building changed hands and then was leveled. This nondescript building at 3339 Lake Tahoe Blvd. in South Lake Tahoe is on the March 15 California Tahoe Conservancy […]
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By Kathryn Reed As the sun beat down last Sunday in what turned out to be a record high 59 degrees, the clothes started coming off. Powerline trail, which in some places parallels Pioneer Trail, is one of those routes that no matter the sport sweat is bound to be involved. It’s not that it […]
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By Kathryn Reed When Girl Scouts was formed 100 years ago this month, women did not have the right to vote, Title IX was 60 years away, and leadership roles for women were rare. On March 12 the world celebrates the group of girls who number 10 million in 145 countries. Though the numbers are […]
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By Kathryn Reed A retired El Dorado County sheriff’s sergeant who worked in the South Lake Tahoe substation is behind bars. Donald Philip Atkinson, 50, was arrested March 8 on 44 felony charges. He is accused of embezzling more than $300,000 from the El Dorado County Deputy Sheriff’s Association, of which he was president. Grand […]
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By Kathryn Reed Without a single member of the public to witness the discussion or vote in person, the South Lake Tahoe City Council unanimously agreed March 6 to borrow $5 million to begin repairing roads. With interest it will cost more than $10 million in taxpayer money in the next 30 years to pay […]
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