By Stephen Ward For those who anticipated “getting on Tahoe” and sailing the shores by means of the much touted Blue Warrior water shuttle this summer, start sending out SOS signals. The water shuttle service conducted by Get On Tahoe has come to an abrupt and erratic end, with the boat being sold Friday for […]
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By Kathryn Reed INCLINE VILLAGE — No documents to sign. No grand announcement of buckets of money coming to Lake Tahoe. No new threat to the lake. Tuesday’s annual environmental summit was more of an update on what is going on than anything else. The economy was a last-minute add as a topic, which was […]
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By Kathryn Reed INCLINE VILLAGE –Tourism, health-wellness, and the environment. These three areas are supposed to be the economic saviors of Lake Tahoe. In a room full of about 70 of Tahoe’s movers and shakers on Monday the two-hour talk was all about the Lake Tahoe Basin Prosperity Plan. A bit of irony is the […]
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By Chelsea Phua, Sacramento Bee Moments before stepping inside an El Dorado Hills coffee shop, Vern Pierson pecked away at his BlackBerry. He was sending an e-mail message to his secretary about the caseload handled by a prosecutor. It was only 8:30am, and Pierson, El Dorado County’s district attorney, already had his plate full. He […]
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By Kathryn Reed Looking for Lake Tahoe Community College’s fall schedule? It’s going to be a little harder to find a hard copy of the two-year institution’s schedule as it follows the lead of other colleges by not mailing them out as well as reducing the content. Officials envision the print version going away completely […]
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By Kathryn Reed Another major entity on the South Shore is headed for bankruptcy. Joining the failed convention center in debtors’ court is South Tahoe Area Transit Authority. The board, at least those members who showed up for the Aug. 13 meeting, unanimously agreed to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Nevada. With bills topping […]
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By Kathryn Reed Gary Moore is ready to redefine recreation. South Lake Tahoe’s director of Parks and Recreation is retiring Oct. 1. His wife, Angela, is retiring the day before as manager of the infusion center at Barton Memorial Hospital. Travel is a big part of their plans – and recreating. Tahoe will always be […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE — Results. That is how Tony O’Rourke wants his tenure as city manager of South Lake Tahoe to be judged. Part of Day 3 on the job was spent speaking to Soroptimist International of South Lake Tahoe during the group’s weekly lunch at Harveys. Looking out and down from the 12th […]
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Updated Aug. 14, 2010, 9:20am: The person flown to Renown Medical Center has been discharged from the hospital. By Kathryn Reed Highway 50 in South Lake Tahoe was closed for a couple hours Wednesday afternoon after a suspected drunken driver caused a four-car accident that sent three people to the hospital. Eric Acri, 50, of […]
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By Kathryn Reed Even though the National Weather Service says nothing much out of the ordinary is happening with the weather in the greater Lake Tahoe area, it is providing plenty fodder for locals and tourists. Today might require a jacket with highs in the basin barely touching 70. Sunday produced hail that looked like […]
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