Thank you. Without all of you, Lake Tahoe News would not be celebrating its one-year anniversary today. The proverbial they say it takes a village to do just about anything. That sentiment is certainly true when it comes to operating a successful 24/7 news site. It’s readers, sources, writers, comment contributors, advertisers, financial donors, news […]
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By Kathryn Reed MEEKS BAY — Only 172 more miles and we would have been in Tuolumne Meadows. It’s a good thing we never intended to go to Yosemite National Park. Plenty of people with the proper equipment were headed out of the wilderness with full packs. All ages, and many families had clearly spent […]
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By Kathryn Reed A look of awe comes across people’s faces as they glide across Lake Tahoe for the first time. Seeing why it’s called the Jewel of the Sierra, with it’s various shades of blue. Marveling that snow lingers in September on the higher peaks. Taken in by the other activity on the lake. […]
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By Susan Wood In an apparent show of testosterone, a confrontation at South Tahoe High School this week that led to an arrest of a Pop Warner coach by a California Highway Patrol officer has turned into a legal battle with opposing investigations. Defensive coach Jim Durham was arrested and later released Tuesday evening after […]
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By Joann Eisenbrandt “Keep Tahoe Blue.” Locals and tourists see it everywhere — attached to the wrinkled bumpers of aging Subarus and the shiny chrome of sleek BMWs. Even on poster-pocked telephone poles. It’s a call to environmental action, a bumper sticker, a domain name, and the registered trademark of the League to Save Lake […]
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By Kathryn Reed Being connected to the land, walking it, seeing what her employees are working on – these are things Terri Marceron likes about being forest supervisor of Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit. She might not have the same luxury when she takes over as forest supervisor of the Chugach Forest in Alaska in […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe’s second stalled hole in the ground became a reality this week when a judge granted a construction firm’s injunction request to bring work at the Lakeview Commons project to a halt. “What we’re seeking is to have the job awarded to us and we complete the work,” BJ Sullivan, […]
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By Stephen Ward INCLINE VILLAGE — Twelve years ago, the body of water that shaped the geography of the Western United States for more than 200 years stopped reaching the Sea of Cortez. The Colorado River, still of cardinal importance to the 30 million people in its surrounding region, is facing collapse because of the […]
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By Kathryn Reed FB friends, tweeting, linking. LOL without making noise. Emots with keyboard strokes. Lost? The Information Age can be mindboggling. Missy Potalivo, owner of Social Sense Marketing, is helping businesses make sense of it. Her business it all about creating an online social network for businesses. “If you are stale for a week, […]
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By Kathryn Reed It’s one thing to impersonate a living star; it’s another to share a stage with that person. That is exactly what two veterans of Carnival Cabaret did Saturday night. Sean Paul, who is the current Dolly Parton in the female impersonation show at Horizon in Stateline, and Kevin Wiley, who has had […]
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