By Rob Sabo, Northern Nevada Business Weekly An increase in early-season bookings for winter ski vacations has hoteliers and property managers in the Lake Tahoe region — who have struggled the past few years to fill rooms at profitable rates — optimistic about the upcoming ski season. And a rise in bookings from international clients […]
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By Kathryn Reed “Why do you bully each other mentally and verbally if you are telling us not to?” “If you continue bullying, what kind of message will you be sending to the children of the world?” “The commercials you have been making are like cyber bullying.” “Our school is trying really hard to defeat […]
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By Kathryn Reed Free ride, downhill, cross country, or something else – the mountain bike community is becoming one and a force to be reckoned with. At a two-hour meeting Nov. 5 at the South Lake Tahoe Parks and Recreation Complex, more than 60 cyclists packed the room to express their desire to unite in […]
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By Kathryn Reed Plates of food barely leave the cook’s hands before a waitress picks them up. Steam rises from the late morning breakfast order. Hot coffee is being poured to a crowd that doesn’t care it’s almost noon. Money is exchanged. The waitress – Betsy Sommerfeldt; the coffee pourer – Judy Bruso; and the […]
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By Kathryn Reed The contraption looks a bit like a sophisticated high school science project as it rocks back and forth, with steam escaping and a slight rumble reverberating in the large room. The Munchinator is at work. A team of representatives from Carson City-based Ecologico Logic Inc. brought a prototype of their machine from […]
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Dennis Oliver of Incline Village passed away Nov. 3 following a serious, monthlong illness. He was 47. Dennis was born May 20, 1963. Dennis was the public information officer for the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and an extremely valued employee of the agency over the last three and a half years, according to TRPA Executive […]
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Updated Nov. 5, 2010, 8:28am. By Susan Wood A qualified congratulations came early and from far away Wednesday to longtime South Lake Tahoe resident Claire Fortier, when her 86-year-old father L. “Ren” Renshaw called at 5:30am Eastern time to wish his daughter well for ending up as the prospective front-runner in the City Council race. […]
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By Susan Wood With all precincts reporting from El Dorado County at 1:30am Wednesday, Claire Fortier, Tom Davis and Angela Swanson have won the tight South Lake Tahoe City Council race consisting of 10 diverse candidates. The trio going for the three seats vacated by City Councilmembers Jerry Birdwell, Kathay Lovell and Bill Crawford has […]
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By Stephen Ward An incumbent and a challenger have won the Douglas County Commission seats. Incumbent Nancy McDermid is the winner in the race for county commissioner of District 4, defeating challenger Lawrence Howell with 51.2 percent of the vote with all the votes counted. However, these are unofficial results until certified. This District 4 […]
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Updated Nov. 2, 2010, 12:36pm. By Kathryn Reed The first police chief hired from outside the department was sworn in this morning at the South Lake Tahoe City Council meeting. Brian Uhler becomes the eighth chief, taking over a department that has had a rocky time of it in recent years, especially under the leadership […]
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