By Katherine E. Hill TAHOE CITY – Winter is approaching as the days grow cooler, but crews are continuing to work to complete a section of the region’s growing network of bike trails before weather puts a halt to their work. Tahoe City Public Utility District’s network of bike trails that extend from Tahoe City […]
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By Kathryn Reed While it’s fall at lake level, the top of Heavenly Mountain Resort is covered with white stuff. Snowmaking usually begins Nov. 1, but with the overnight temps well below freezing last week, the guns were fired up Tuesday night. All that snow will bode well for the anticipated opening day of Nov. […]
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By Kathryn Reed Salaries and people unable to pay their bills are adding to the expense column for Barton Health, which is compounded by the number of patients being on the decline. For 2010, Barton Health recorded a loss of nearly $1 million. “The 2010 loss reflects a write down of value in real estate […]
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By Kathryn Reed KINGS BEACH – “It is finally Lake Tahoe’s time.” Those are the words of Squaw Valley CEO Andy Wirth. His peers Bill Rock, COO of Northstar, and Art Chapman, president and chairman of JMA Ventures, concur. The three shared the stage Thursday during the 59th annual membership lunch for the North Lake […]
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By Kathryn Reed While the hum of men and their machines permeate the air, so does the anticipation of what Lakeview Commons will be when the work is completed in a month. The $6 million project in South Lake Tahoe on the waterfront at El Dorado Beach is winding down. A TRPA extension is allowing […]
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By Kathryn Reed KINGS BEACH – More time was spent discussing who should be on the Regional Plan Update Committee than where the plan is. Considering the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency’s document dictates what the five counties and one city, along with other landowners can do in the Lake Tahoe Basin and the fact the […]
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By Kathryn Reed Who owns the name BlueGo? The trustee appointed to oversee the lawsuit involving MV Transportation and the bankrupt STATA is asking that and many other questions. Based on David J. Thompson’s 15-page report submitted this month to the bankruptcy court in Reno, the tide is turning in MV’s favor. South Tahoe Area […]
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By Katherine E. Hill TAHOE CITY – Chief Duane Whitelaw’s eyes light up as he talks about the new, modern fire station being built on a hill above Tahoe City. The 22,000-square-foot facility spread over three levels is in stark contrast to the antiquated fire station that was built in 1961 for an all-volunteer fire […]
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By Kathryn Reed A secret handshake isn’t part of the initiation process, but being sworn to secrecy and the threat of bodily harm if the secret is betrayed were all part of the indoctrination process. Welcome to the world of King Bolete. As with all edibles this year, the harvest is late – even for […]
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By Jessie Marchesseau Spending three hours dragging yourself and your bicycle over rocks, streams and mountains, swimming through cold and choppy waters, and scrambling down trails of dirt, sand and mud may not sound like your typical Sunday stroll. Unless, that is, you are XTERRA athlete Heather Lyman. Lyman, a South Lake Tahoe resident, will […]
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